Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• How Older Adults Learn to Use Mobile Devices: Survey and Field Investigations

  Rock Leung, Charlotte Tang, Shathel Haddad, Joanna McGrenere, Peter Graf, Vilia Ingriany (2012) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This research investigates how older adults (65+) learn to use mobile devices, combining a survey study of 131 respondents across three age groups (20-49, 50-64, 65+) with an in-depth field study of six older adults learning to use an Android smartph…

  • older adults
  • aging
  • mobile devices
  • learning
  • technology adoption
  • user research

• Help Kiosk: An Augmented Display System to Assist Older Adults to Learn How to Use Smart Phones

  Zachary Wilson, Helen Yin, Sayan Sarcar, Rock Leung, Joanna McGrenere (2018) — Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '18)

  This demonstration paper presents Help Kiosk (HK), a system that uses a large 19-inch touchscreen display to temporarily augment a smartphone's small screen during learning episodes for older adults. The system addresses two converging trends: rapidl…

  • aging
  • mobile accessibility
  • digital literacy
  • learning
  • older adults
  • scaffolding
  • smartphone
  • user experience
  • display technology