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1. Recruitment
participants
of
the
evaluation
end-user
At least five end-users, representing the ASSISTANT target group, at each pilot site.
Definition of ASSISTANT primary end-user target group: persons that are 65
years old or older, mobile, not have a condition more serious than Age Associated
Memory Impairment (AAMI) and normal physiological changes related to ageing. By
mobile older persons we refer to seniors who just need a little help to use the
transport: for instance, to help them to reach their meeting point after getting out the
bus, to help them to know when getting out the bus, to help them to find the bus
stop...
In addition, all the evaluation participants should own a personal computer or a
laptop with a viable internet connection. In consequence, these persons should also
know how to use a computer and have previous experience with smartphones or at
least with devices with a touchscreen.
The testers do not need to be the same persons as in the previous evaluation phase
(T3.2.3 pilot level evaluations). However, the recruitment of persons can be carried
out in the same pool of persons as the previous time; therefore some same users
can be involved also in this evaluation phase (T3.2.4).
In the participant recruitment phase, the ASSISTANT-project will be presented
shortly as well as the objectives of the evaluation phase, which enables the potential
participants to understand their engagement in the prototype evaluation phase. For
this purpose, E-Seniors will propose a common mail for contacting the participants,
or the structures, providing the two-page document (written by TTR) translated in the
local testing languages.
In order to assure a consistency in the recruitment process, a form has been
integrated in the user workbook. It will therefore allow us to have quantitative and
qualitative data about users.
2. Testing environments
The testing will take place in three different European countries, and each pilot site
has a partner who is responsible for the smooth progress of the evaluations.
Tecnalia will lead the evaluations in San Sebastian (Spain). University of Vienna will
carry out the evaluations in Vienna (Austria). And finally, E-Seniors Association (from
France) will manage the tests in Helsinki/Vantaa (Finland) in cooperation with VTT.
The testing environment will be semi-controlled, which means that the users will
receive all the necessary support and instructions to use the ASSISTANT-solution
ASSISTANT
http://www.aal-assistant.eu
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