Rethinking family-centred design approach towards creating digital products and services

Trilar, Jure (author), Zavratnik, Veronika (author), Čermelj, Vid (author), Verovnik, Barbara (author), Kos, Andrej (author), Stojmenova Duh, Emilija (author)

This article provides further study of a family-centred design approach model established in previous studies, which aims to correspond to the limitations and needs of modern families using information and communication technology (ICT) solutions for common activities, communication and organisation of family time. The ambition is to systematically define and design features (functionalities) of a prototype solution that connects family members; provides proper communication; promotes active quality family time, active life, a health-friendly lifestyle and well-being; and uses various sensor- and user-based data sources through a smart city ecosystem platform. The original approach model was applied in designing the MyFamily progressive web application prototype solution as part of the EkoSmart: Active Living and Well-Being Project (RRP3) funded by the Republic of Slovenia and the European Regional Development Fund Investing in Your Future program. Extensive testing of the prototype solution used and the triangulation method used within thematic analysis for user interviews provide new insights and proposals for the change of the family-centred design approach model in the form of distinct developmental goals narrative for each generation to enhance motivation and relevance of content to different generations of users of such digital solutions.

• Language: English
• Keywords: family-centered design, interdisciplinary approach, human developmental stages, qualitative research methods, sensors, smart city, smart community, smart family
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FE - Faculty of Electrical Engineering; FŠ - Faculty of Sport
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2019
• Number of pages: 19 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 19, iss. 5, art. 1232
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-131918
• UDC: 621.39:159.9:004
• ISSN on article: 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s19051232
• COBISS.SI-ID: 12393812
• Publication date in RUL: 06.10.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Sensors
• Shortened title: Sensors
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 1424-8220
• COBISS.SI-ID: 10176278

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 11.03.2019

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: družinsko usmerjen razvoj, interdisciplinarni pristop, človekova razvojna obdobja, kvalitativne raziskovalne metode, senzorji, pametno mesto, pametne skupnosti, pametna družina

Projects

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Funding programme: Republic of Slovenia
• Project number: C33330-16-529007
• Name: Smart city ecosystem: Active Living and Well-Being
• Acronym: EkoSMART

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Funding programme: European Regional Development Fund, Investing in Your Future
• Name: Smart city ecosystem: Active Living and Well-Being
• Acronym: EkoSMART