Citation
(2014), "2013 Awards for Excellence", Journal of Assistive Technologies, Vol. 8 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAT-03-2014-002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2013 Awards for Excellence
Article Type: 2013 Awards for Excellence From: Journal of Assistive Technologies, Volume 8, Issue 1
The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for Journal of Assistive Technologies
"Reminders that make sense: designing multisensory notifications for the home"
Marilyn R. McGee-Lennon
Glasgow Interactive Systems Group, School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a synthesized overview of empirical work carried out in the MultiMemoHome Project in the area of designing multimodal reminders for home care. The paper aims to present an overview of multimodal interaction techniques and how they can be used to deliver messages to the user in a way that is more appropriate to the user's needs,
the devices available, and the physical and social environment that the person is in when they receive a message.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper argues that electronic reminders or notifications delivered in the home (such as appointments or when to take
medication to your phone, computer or TV) should be available in multiple sensory modalities (visual, auditory, tactile and
olfactory) in order to increase their usability and acceptability and make them accessible to a wider range of users. This
paper supports these arguments by presenting an overview of a series of empirical studies that have been carried out (and
reported elsewhere) on the design and evaluation of multimodal reminders for the home.
Findings – The paper provides some guidelines and lessons learned on how to design personalisable multimodal reminder systems for
the home.
Originality/value – This paper presents a synthesized overview of a body of existing research on multimodal reminder design for the home. Its
contribution is in the argument and presentation of empirical findings that support these arguments. A set of guidelines emerging
from the body of work is also presented.
Keywords Assistive technology, Home care, Multimodal interaction, Notifications, Reminders, Social care, Telecare, Telehealth
www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/17549451211234957
This article originally appeared in Volume 6 Number 2, 2012, Journal of Assistive Technologies
The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award
"User requirements for an ICT-based system to provide care, support and information access for older people in the community"
Simon Brownsell, Steven Blackburn and Mark Hawley
This article originally appeared in Volume 6 Number 1, 2012, Journal of Assistive Technologies
"The ethical evaluation of assistive technology for practitioners: a checklist arising from a participatory study with people with dementia, family and professionals"
Beatrice Godwin
This article originally appeared in Volume 6 Number 2, 2012, Journal of Assistive Technologies
"Fall detectors: a review of the literature"
Gillian Ward, Nikki Holliday, Simon Fielden and Sue Williams
This article originally appeared in Volume 6 Number 3, 2012, Journal of Assistive Technologies
Outstanding Reviewers
Dr Jeremy Linskell
Dr Sarah Parsons