TY - GEN
T1 - Co-designing an e-health tutorial for older adults
AU - Xie, Bo
AU - Yeh, Tom
AU - Walsh, Greg
AU - Watkins, Ivan
AU - Huang, Man
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Older adults' ability to access and use electronic health information is generally low, requiring innovative approaches for improvement. An integrated e-tutorial overlays instructions onto Websites. The literature suggests integrated e-tutorials are more effective than paper or video-based tutorials for younger people, but little is known about their effectiveness for older adults. This study explores the applicability of an integrated e-health tutorial for older adults. An integrated e-tutorial, the Online Tutorial Overlay Presenter (OnTOP), added an instructional overlay to the NIHSeniorHealth.gov Website. Overlay features were examined in seven participatory design sessions with seven older adults. Participatory design techniques were used to elicit participants' preferences for tutorial features. Three themes emerged: 1) using contextual cues; 2) tailoring to the learner's literacy level; and 3) enhancing interfaces with multimedia cues. These findings improved the design features of OnTOP. They also generated empirical evidence about the effects of multimedia learning among older adults.
AB - Older adults' ability to access and use electronic health information is generally low, requiring innovative approaches for improvement. An integrated e-tutorial overlays instructions onto Websites. The literature suggests integrated e-tutorials are more effective than paper or video-based tutorials for younger people, but little is known about their effectiveness for older adults. This study explores the applicability of an integrated e-health tutorial for older adults. An integrated e-tutorial, the Online Tutorial Overlay Presenter (OnTOP), added an instructional overlay to the NIHSeniorHealth.gov Website. Overlay features were examined in seven participatory design sessions with seven older adults. Participatory design techniques were used to elicit participants' preferences for tutorial features. Three themes emerged: 1) using contextual cues; 2) tailoring to the learner's literacy level; and 3) enhancing interfaces with multimedia cues. These findings improved the design features of OnTOP. They also generated empirical evidence about the effects of multimedia learning among older adults.
KW - e-health literacy
KW - health information seeking
KW - integrated e-tutorial
KW - participatory design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84857666273&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2132176.2132207
DO - 10.1145/2132176.2132207
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84857666273
SN - 9781450307826
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 240
EP - 247
BT - Proceedings of the 2012 iConference
T2 - 2012 iConference: Culture, Design, Society, iConference 2012
Y2 - 7 February 2012 through 10 February 2012
ER -