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What is miOne world?
miOne World is the 1st International Conference on Online Social Environments for Active Ageing, which gathers researchers, practitioners and industry representatives to discuss the design, development and evaluation of digitally mediated products for active ageing, sense of belonging and perceived wellbeing. It takes place online on 22 and 23 June 2021, being organized by the Department of Communication and Arts – DigiMedia, University of Aveiro jointly with University of Porto (FLUP) and Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (ESEV).
There are 2 typologies of participation in this conference:
- Researchers who may present their scientific work in the field;
- Universities of the Third Age / Daycare centres / Associations or other entities that can share and present their experiences.
The reflection and discussion take the form of R&D work, policies, case studies, demonstrations, entrepreneur experiences, reviews and methodological proposals. In addition, the conference will promote the debate about gerontechnology and digital wellbeing in times of pandemic influenza. The socio-techno-ethical dimensions associated to the adopted digitally mediated strategies to overpass the boundaries of social distancing measures are under focus.
Topics
Suggested research topics for contributions include, but are not limited to:
Theory on Online Social Environments for Active Ageing
- Information and Digital Literacy
- Use or Non-use of Socio-Gerontechnology
- Acceptance and Use of Technology
- Intergenerational Differences in Uses and Gratifications
- Physio-, Psycho- and Social Digitally-mediated Approaches to Active Ageing
- Ethics assessment in the use of digitally-mediated interventions for active ageing.
Design and Development of Online Social Environments for Active Ageing
- Designing Online Communities for Active Ageing
- CoDesign and Community Centred Design Approaches
- Accessibility tools and features
- Experience Design for Active Ageing
- Media Design Kits in Active Aging and Wellness
- Development of Digital Apps for Active Ageing.
Evaluation Methods of Online Social Environments for Active Ageing
- Process evaluation of digitally-mediated interventions
- Prototype evaluation (Information, Interaction and Visuals)
- Impact evaluation and Measure of Behaviour Changes
- Social and ICT Usage Metrics
- Scale Development and Validation
Submissions
The miOne World research team pleasurably invites every enthusiast in the field of gerontechnology – researchers and practitioners – from all over the world to participate in the first international conference on Online Social Environments for Active Ageing.
Important dates
• Deadline for abstract submission: June 18, 2021 (extended to July 2, 2021)
• Notification to the authors: July 9, 2021 (extended to July 16, 2021)
• Submission to print-ready version: July 22-23, 2021
• Conference: July 22-23, 2021
• Notification of the acceptance of full papers: October 13, 2021
• Submission to print-ready version: November 8, 2021
Publication
The selected abstracts will be published in a Abstract Book (with ISBN) edited by the University of Aveiro, DigiMedia. Abstract Papers should contain the following structure (English, Spanish or Portuguese, 1000-1200 words): Title, 3-5 keywords, objectives, method, main results and conclusions. The submission template can be downloaded here.
Societal organizations and enterprises or/and other entities can also contribute with the indication/examples of good practices and initiatives undertaken in the organization (English, Spanish or Portuguese, 1000-1200 words).
Authors will be invited to submit a full paper (8-12 pages) to be published in Springer Proceedings indexed in SCOPUS, EI-Compendex and Springerlink with the extended deadline of September 15th, 2021.
More information available HERE
For further questions please contact DigiMedia-mioneworld@ua.pt
DigiMedia introduces another project in its editorial line, the DigiMedia Collection. On May 21, at 2:00 pm, the first book of the collection, entitled “Multimédia, Novos Média e Média Digitais” was presented online. Vicente Gosciola, Professor of New Media at Anhembi Morumbi University (Brazil) was invited for the presentation of the book, as well as several authors of the chapters.
About the DigiMedia Collection
All the information is available in: https://digimedia.web.ua.pt/digimedia-collection
About the book Multimédia, Novos Média e Média Digitais
Abstract: The book “Multimédia, Novos Média e Média Digitais” arises from the need to inscribe a set of concepts and principles close to the teaching of Digital Media in Portugal. Over the past decade, the national higher education accreditation agency, A3ES, has been called upon to intervene and evaluate all higher education, polytechnic and university, courses in the field of Multimedia. Knowing that we are facing a recent area, the result of several transformations that are far from having stabilized, we publicly present thought and reflection on the domain, namely pedagogical, in order to guarantee a harmonious knowledge base of the area in Portugal.
The book included inputs from several specialists in the field of Digital Media: Lídia Oliveira (communication), António Coelho (technology), Claudia Giannetti (media art), Vasco Branco (interaction design), Pedro Mota Teixeira (animation and VFX) , António Sousa Dias (digital sound), Nuno Otero (social media), Jorge dos Reis (communication design and Ruth Contreras (digital games).
The book is already available online in: https://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/31419
Mónica Aresta, a researcher at DigiMedia, was the invited speaker for this month “SafeWeb project” workshops. The SafeWeb project is being developed in Branca (Portugal) by the IPSS PROBRANCA- Associação para o Desenvolvimento Sociocultural da Branca, with the support of BPI and “la Caixa” Foundation.
The session, designed for and aimed at parents and educators, focused on the theme of online identity and how the Internet – with all its challenges and potential – should be consciously used as a space for building a presence that can reflect the skills and capabilities of the ones who use it.
“The exceptionality of the Internet has been, in the first place, that of having integrated and revitalized all the other means and means of communication that we already knew in a large interconnected ecosystem. At the same time, the Internet has been the stage and lever for most of our social interactions. It is, therefore, as if, when celebrating Internet Day, we were celebrating the history of all the protagonists of our socio-technical culture.”
Full text available in: Diário de Aveiro, edição de 18 de maio de 2021
The DigiMedia Dialogs#1 took place on May 14 with the talks of Ceci Diehl (DigiMedia PhD Student), Lersi Duran (DigiMedia PhD Student) and Pâmela Pinto (DigiMedia Invited Researcher), followed by a participated discussion on the topic Image as a strategy for eHealth, moderated by Rita Oliveira, a DigiMedia Researcher.
Pâmela Pinto: Realiza estágio de Pós-doutoramento no Departamento de Comunicação e Arte da Universidade de Aveiro. É doutora em Comunicação pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Pesquisa temas relacionados à Comunicação e Política, à Mídia Regional e à Comunicação e Saúde e tem experiência docente nestas áreas. Em 2017 publicou o livro “Brasil e as suas mídias regionais” e recebeu o prêmio de melhor tese, pela Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Comunicação e Política (Compolítica).
Lersi Durán: Estudante do programa Doutoral em Multimédia em Educação da Universidade de Aveiro. A área de investigação relaciona-se com o papel das intervenções psicoeducativas digitais para estudantes universitários.
Ceci da Costa Diehl: Estudante do Doutoramento em Informação e Comunicação em Plataformas Digitais na Universidade de Aveiro e Universidade do Porto. A área de investigação relaciona-se com os princípios e guidelines de design da interface do utilizador para soluções digitais voltadas principalmente ao utilizador senior.
Abstract: Image assumes a central role as a visual communication strategy in the area of eHealth, being also considered a primary vehicle of communication in public health, support for personal health monitoring and promotion of well-being and quality of life. Its potential impact and applicability in different digital solutions in these different areas open space for this first edition of DigiMedia Dialogs in which the centrality of image as an eHealth strategy will be discussed. The discussion will also allow the contextualization of three studies with different perspectives of the use of image as a tool for health promotion and education of youth, adults and seniors.
Vania Baldi, a DigiMedia Researcher, was invited by the European Research Council (ERC), to participate in the peer review of scientific proposals submitted to the ERC Consolidator Grant 2020 Call in step 2 of the two-step peer review evaluation for projects in the area of Science and Communication Technology.
The Media Innovation Circle#1 took place on April 30 with a talk by Nuno Otero, Professor of Media Technology at Linnaeus University (Sweden), followed by a participated discussion on the topic “Learning Analytics and Ethical Issues”, moderated by Carlos Santos, a DigiMedia Researcher.
The video is already available on DigiMedia YouTube channel. Watch HERE. We invite you to subscribe the channel.
Nuno Otero is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Media Technology at Linnaeus University (LNU) in Sweden. He is interested in theories and conceptual frameworks in HCI, and Technology-Enhanced Learning. The main question driving his research concerns the understanding of how the properties of distinct devices, computational artefacts and embedded external representations impact on people’s activities.
Abstract: Research in Learning Analytics (LA) has contributed to various guidelines, ethical frameworks, and checklists to ethically collect and use student data. However, little is still known about how users and, in particular, students reason about student data for analytics purposes in practice. Our research tries to fill this gap and is investigating students’ situated views of data and analytics. While there have been studies asking students about student data ethics collected in institutional LMS, those often lead to abstract reasoning on student data. Our research efforts aim at determining how students reason in-situ on the data collected during their studies. We conducted a deployment study using a value-sensitive design methodological approach. The study investigated the students’ views of data collected in institutional LMS before and after interacting with an analytical dashboard we designed explicitly for raising students’ awareness of data collection practices at the university. Results indicate that increased awareness impacts students’ privacy perception and their acceptance of LA systems and data-driven practices. This study contributes to gaining a grounded understanding of how students reason in practical terms about their data and discuss the role that awareness and context play in students’ willingness to share their data for learning analytics purposes.
Dinosaur Tozé-Rex in Doing is an activity developed by DigiMedia in partnership with Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva aimed at introducing the magical world of electronics to a very young audience. The first session is on 16th May at 10 a.m. The activity was designed in the workshops of the Advanced Technologies Research Group of Digimedia by Mário Vairinhos and Rui Raposo, and the illustration of Laura Ferreira.
For more information please check the agenda HERE
Sofia Nunes is a PhD student at DigiMedia where, under the supervision of Professor Maria João Antunes, she is studying the way aging is represented in animated films and the way these representations influence children. This thesis theme aims to contribute to the transformation of the aging paradigm, so that all people can live happier, without stereotypes and prejudices.
To put this transformation into practice, Sofia embraced the Interage project with her colleague, Ângelo Valente. Recently, they carried out the project “Abraços com História” that intends to bring the most anticipated hugs to all elderly people who, for over a year, have been deprived of one of the most important gestures, the hug of their loved ones. Not only because they are at a higher risk of developing more severe symptoms of COVID-19 disease, but also because their routines are completely transformed, the residents of nursing homes are the people who most feel the impact of this pandemic. In this sense, Interage provides, with complete security and through a transparent platform with plastic sleeves, hugs between residents and their families. An action that had the support of SIC and that has travelled the country from north to south, having already involved more than 500 elderly people and more than 1000 hugs between seniors, family and professionals.
The article “An Augmented Infocommunication Model for Unified Communications in Situational Contexts of Collaboration” by Carolina F. Abrantes (DigiMedia-University of Aveiro), Óscar Mealha (DigiMedia-University of Aveiro), Diogo Gomes (Instituto de Telecomunicação-Aveiro), João Paulo Barraca (Instituto de Telecomunicações-Aveiro) and Carlos Viana-Ferreira (GoContact-Aveiro) was published in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management, 16(C).
Abstract:
Aim/Purpose: In this work, the authors propose an augmented model for human-centered Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C) product design and evaluation, which is supported by previous theoretical work.
Background: Although the goal of implementing UC&C in an organization is to promote and mediate group dynamics, increasing overall productivity and collaboration; it does not seem to provide a solution for effective communication. It is clear that there is still a lack of consideration for human communication processes in the development of such products.
Methodology: This paper is sustained by existing research to propose and test the application of an augmented model capable of supporting the design, development and evaluation of UC&C services that can be driven by the human communication process. To test the application of the augmented model in UC&C service development, a proof-of-concept mobile prototype was elaborated upon and evaluated, making use of User Experience (UX) and user-centred methods and techniques. A total of nine testing sessions were carried out in an organizational communication setup and recorded with eye tracking technology.
Contribution: The authors argue that UC&C services should look at the user’s (human) natural processes to improve effective infocommunication and thus enhance collaboration. Authors believe this augmented version of the model will pave the way improving the research and development of useful and practical infocommunication products, capable of truly serving users’ needs.
Findings: On evaluation of the prototype, qualitative data analysis uncovered structural problems in the proposed prototype which hindered the augmented model’s elements and subsequently, the user experience. Five out of eighteen identified interaction issues are highlighted in this paper to demonstrate the proposed augmented model’s validity, applied in UC&C services evaluation.
Article available HERE.
The article “THE USE OF BADGES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE INTERACTION DYNAMICS OF A MOOC” by Inês Araújo (University of Coimbra), Carlos Santos and Luís Pedro (DigiMedia – University of Aveiro) was published in the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Proceedings
2020 under the topic Enhancing the Human Experience of Learning with Technology: New challenges for research into digital, open, distance & networked education.
Abstract: Several research projects have been using gamified approaches as a way to develop media and information literacies in particular cohorts. Badges are one of the elements that is often used in these approaches and its importance and scope has been widely discussed in the realm of Educational Technology. In the scope of the GamiLearning project, a gamification strategy was designed using the badges’ engine of the SAPO Campus platform in order to provide continuous training in this field to a group of teachers. The particular training action reported in this article was implemented via the “Badges: how to use?” MOOC. Data obtained shows that the interaction dynamics patterns were very significant between the trainees, especially in terms of posts, comments and endorsements. These results suggest that the use of badges as a motivational asset can contribute to a more sustained engagement of students throughout the duration of the training action and, hence, to a greater ratio of completion of MOOCs. This article will present the data obtained in this MOOC and will promote a discussion about the motivational affordances of the use of badges in educational contexts.
The article is available HERE.
The article “End-user Evaluation of a Mobile Application Prototype for Territorial Innovation” by Eliza Oliveira, André Branco, Daniel Carvalho, Eveline Sacramento, Oksana Tymoshchuk, Luis Pedro, Maria Antunes, Ana Almeida and Fernando Ramos was published in the Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems – Volume 2: ICEIS.
Abstract: This study is part of a larger research effort taking place under the umbrella of CeNTER Program, an interdisciplinary project that aims to promote the development of the Centro Region of Portugal. The general contribution of this paper is the evaluation of a mobile application prototype that promotes collaboration between the various agents involved in Tourism, Health and Wellbeing. For the evaluation of the prototype, different methods were employed, which included the collection of quantitative and qualitative data. Quantitative data were obtained through the combination of two User Experience evaluation tools (SUS and AttrakDiff) and from usability metrics of effectiveness and efficiency, which are key factors related to the usability of a product. Qualitative data were obtained using the Think-aloud protocol, which allowed immediate feedback from end-users on their experience of interacting with the prototype. Although there are still several improvements to be addressed, the overall end-users’ opinions show that the CeNTER application is a sustainable and timely contribution, with an interesting potential to help foster community-led initiatives. The article offers a better understanding for the evaluation of mobile applications, which foster the same subject approached in this study.
This article won the Best Student Paper Award in the 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2021).
Article available HERE.
