Fostering Social Interaction in AAL: Methodological reflections on the coupling of real household Living Lab and SmartHome approaches

Steffen Budweg (1) , Myriam Lewkowicz (2) , Claudia Müller (3) , Sandra Schering (1)

1 Universität Duisburg-Essen [Essen]
2 Tech-CICO - TECHnologies pour la Coopération, l’Interaction et les COnnaissances dans les collectifs
3 Universität Siegen [Siegen]

For user-centred design of ICT solutions in the AAL field, an approach combining real household living lab and SmartHome lab seems promising. Based on our experiences within the AAL project FoSIBLE, we propose a mixed-method approach to develop and evaluate a Social TV system from both a bird′s eye and worm′s-eye perspective in regards to user acceptance and rejection. We provide insights into the methodological strategies and analyse the strengths and weaknesses of our proposition to demonstrate how the different methodological approaches can augment each other in the different phases of AAL projects.

Keywords: SmartHome; Ambient Assisted Living; Social Interaction; CSCW; Living Lab

Domains: Emerging Technologies [cs.ET]; Human-Computer Interaction [cs.HC]

Steffen Budweg, Myriam Lewkowicz, Claudia Müller, Sandra Schering. Fostering Social Interaction in AAL: Methodological reflections on the coupling of real household Living Lab and SmartHome approaches. i-com, 2012, 11 (3), pp.30-35. ⟨10.1524/icom.2012.0035⟩. ⟨hal-02917130⟩