Maria Elena Fabregat

• University of Alicante

Desde hace algunos años, la apuesta por la impartición de asignaturas en lengua inglesa ha ido tomando fuerza en la Universidad española, incorporándose esta práctica de forma cada vez más frecuente en las titulaciones oficiales. El presente trabajo analiza la experiencia percibida por el alumnado que cursa asignaturas del área de las Ciencias Soci...

Interactive multimodal content fruition is increasingly available on platforms accessible via smart televisions (TVs), personal computers (PCs), or tablets. Based on the case of SeniorChannel TV, this paper contributes to understanding whether this format can meet the needs of older users. The paper first describes SeniorChannel TV and the usabilit...

Because of their specific aging-related needs, older users should be involved when it comes to designing and evaluating devices that target them. While emphasis is usually put only on the accessibility of the final interface to this population, the participatory design and evaluation methods should also be adapted to their needs. This paper aims to...

SeniorChannel is a European project that explores the potential of using an Interactive Digital Television (IDTV) to turn elderly people at home into an active audience. Techniques to involve elderly users in the requirement collection during the design phase should take into account the decrease in perception, cognition and motor abilities associa...

The research line «Play as a promoter of healthy ageing» was conceived from the beginning as an opportunity to gather and generate quality information that could contribute, by establishing design guidelines, to the creation of play products with high therapeutic value.Moreover, by stimulating innovation in the toy industry, this knowledge producti...