Chapter Conclusion

Conclusion:

In this chapter, it has presented the problem in which aging individuals are continuing to feel excluded from resources within the internet. With the presented problem as well as the development of three possible hypotheses, further steps shall be taken to solidify the problem and ultimately develop a proposed solution.

Timeline

Week 2

Present Problem/Purpose Statements w/ Assets Group Personas/Scenarios Create Timeline Create Survey Week 4

Meeting w/ Professor Gomes MIDTERM Presentation Submit Midterm Report Week 6

Work on project Design Prototype

Week 1

Blog Post Class introduction Critique 3 Past Projects Identify 3 Research Problems Week 3

Final Problem Purpose/Purpose Statements w/ 10 Parts to Research Proposal Interview Experts Week 5

Work on Project Branding Week 8

Submit Final Report/Book Submit Poster

Week 7

Final Presentation

PERT Chart

Define problem and purpose staements

decision

Review past 505 Projects

study research

• Interviews • Surveys • Web Reports • Personas • W3C Standards • sectrion 508

midterm-review

prototype mockup

• Wireframes • Ideation • Construct • Hypotheses • Research Method • Comparative Analysis • Assumptions

refine/organize data

final

• Process book • Refine final iteration • Recieve user feedback

Operational Definition of Terms

Aging Community- The population of people who are age 60 years and older

Digital gap- refers to the gap beteen those who are able to utilize resources from the present Digital Age and those who are not able

Technology- the skills, methods, and processes used to achieve goals

Quality of life- the standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual a or group of individuals.

Digital Literacy- “digital literacy (DL), represents the ability to engage, plan, execute, and evaluate digital actions such as web browsing and exchanging E-mails as aids for dealing with daily life tasks” (Xavier et al., 2014).