Intergenerational co-creation of novel technologies to reconnect digitally excluded people with community & cultural landscapes in coastal economies

代际共同创造新技术，将被数字化排斥的人们与社区重新联系起来

• 批准号: EP/W024357/1
• 负责人: Ray Jones
• 金额: $ 129.08万
• 依托单位: Plymouth University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FW024357%2F1
• 关键词: Intergenerational; co; creation; novel; technologies

Older people's connection with community, groups and activities in their neighbourhood and the cultural landscape, are essential for social inclusion and healthy ageing. As society becomes ever more digital those excluded are at risk of social exclusion. Peripheral rural and coastal economies such as Devon and Cornwall tend to have low productivity reflecting the shift in deprivation away from cities. Traditional industries such as farming, mining, fishing, and port activity have all declined. Alternative high-wage digital sector jobs have not emerged resulting in an exodus of younger people with higher qualifications. The region has major assets of environment and heritage and a thriving third sector. We will develop novel technologies in games, extended reality, underwater telepresence, and artificial intelligence (AI) voice interfaces to use these assets to tackle digital exclusion. The multidisciplinary project will take an inter-generational approach to co-design technologies to connect digitally excluded people with community groups and the cultural landscape, while creating opportunities for excluded younger people in digital careers. The academic team comprises a principle investigator with long track record in digital health inclusion, four early career researchers (games, digital arts, robotics, and AI), post-doc researchers (evaluation, co-design, eHealth and robotics), and advisors from arts and heritage, social policy, architecture, marine biology, and health informatics. A major strength is the extensive network of external partners including digital inclusion networks, businesses setting up village hubs, care home and sheltered housing chains, farming networks, museums, heritage and environmental sites, further education colleges, community groups from deprived and ethnically diverse communities, and organisations for sensory impaired people. This network has been built by our projects such as EPIC (Ehealth Productivity and Innovation in Cornwall) and GOALD (Generating Older Active Lives Digitally). The 30 month project will work with 20 partner organisations, recruit 80 older (50+) people and 40 younger (16-20) people who will work with researchers to co-develop novel technologies helping participants to connect to community and cultural landscape in the region. Three strands of technology development will require access to broadband at home or in village halls: (i) enhanced virtual reality giving the ability to move around heritage sites and significant natural landscapes such as Tintagel Castle or Eden Project, (ii) social games connecting older people (e.g. between care homes) based on local history, culture and environment, (iii) underwater telepresence enabling the user to explore and engage with the Plymouth Marine Park. The fourth will give digitally excluded older people with no broadband, telephone access by AI voice interface to online resources such as museums and community groups. The 120 participants would join monthly workshops, in person or online, over 18 months receiving expenses and a participation certificate.We will interview participants at beginning (expectations) and end (reflections). Interviews will be thematically analysed. Questionnaires will be used to assess change in digital use and confidence, connectivity to community and culture, young people's interest in STEM subjects and their attitudes to older people. We will compare interview findings with quantitative approaches to see if there is consistency.We will set up a social enterprise which will work with our partner organisations and participants to demonstrate the technologies to regional and national audiences of 300-400. This social enterprise will carry forward the development, sale (either to individuals or to organisations) at low price, implementation of the technologies and continued engagement of young people in this digital development.

老年人与社区、团体、邻里活动和文化景观的联系，对于社会包容和健康老龄化至关重要。随着社会变得越来越数字化，那些被排斥的人面临着社会排斥的风险。周边农村和沿海经济体，如德文郡和康沃尔郡，生产率往往较低，反映出贫困从城市转移。农业、采矿业、渔业和港口活动等传统产业都出现了衰退。替代性的高工资数字部门工作尚未出现，导致具有更高资格的年轻人外流。该地区拥有重要的环境和遗产资产以及蓬勃发展的第三部门。我们将开发游戏、延展实境、水下远程呈现和人工智能（AI）语音接口方面的新技术，以利用这些资产解决数字排斥问题。该多学科项目将采取跨代的方法来共同设计技术，将数字上被排斥的人与社区团体和文化景观联系起来，同时为数字职业中被排斥的年轻人创造机会。学术团队包括一名在数字健康包容方面有着长期记录的主要研究人员，四名早期职业研究人员（游戏，数字艺术，机器人和人工智能），博士后研究人员（评估，共同设计，电子健康和机器人），以及来自艺术和遗产，社会政策，建筑，海洋生物学和健康信息学的顾问。一个主要的优势是广泛的外部合作伙伴网络，包括数字包容网络，建立村庄中心的企业，护理之家和庇护住房链，农业网络，博物馆，遗产和环境遗址，继续教育学院，来自贫困和种族多元化社区的社区团体，以及感官受损者组织。这个网络是由我们的项目建立的，如EPIC（康沃尔的电子健康生产力和创新）和GOALD（数字化地创造老年人的积极生活）。这个为期30个月的项目将与20个合作伙伴组织合作，招募80名老年人（50岁以上）和40名年轻人（16 - 20岁），他们将与研究人员合作开发新技术，帮助参与者与该地区的社区和文化景观建立联系。技术发展的三个方面将要求在家中或村厅接入宽带：（i）增强的虚拟现实，使人们能够在遗产地和重要的自然景观（如廷塔杰尔城堡或伊甸园项目）周围移动，（iii）水下远程呈现，使用户能够探索和参与普利茅斯海洋公园。第四个将为没有宽带、电话的数字化被排斥的老年人提供人工智能语音接口，以访问博物馆和社区团体等在线资源。120名参与者将参加每月的工作坊，亲自或在线，超过18个月的费用和参与证书。我们将在开始（期望）和结束（反思）时采访参与者。访谈将按主题进行分析。问卷将用于评估数字使用和信心的变化、与社区和文化的联系、年轻人对STEM学科的兴趣以及他们对老年人的态度。我们会将访问结果与量化方法进行比较，看看是否一致。我们将成立一个社会企业，与我们的合作伙伴组织和参与者合作，向300 - 400名地区和全国观众演示技术。这个社会企业将继续发展，以低价销售（无论是对个人还是对组织），实施技术，并继续让年轻人参与这一数字发展。

项目成果

Unlocking Social Innovation in XR for Healthcare in Coastal Communities

解锁沿海社区医疗保健 XR 的社会创新

• DOI: 10.1109/vrw58643.2023.00032
• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Reyes A