A Mobile Solution to Facilitate Meaningful Social Engagement in Aging Adults

Chumbuggy是一个在线视频平台，用户可以在小组中进行预定的、有意义的面对面对话。chuumbuggy采用通用设计开发，使包括老年人和残疾人在内的各个年龄段的人都可以使用。老年人对科技的适应程度正在提高，iPad和其他平板设备被越来越多地采用就是明证。因此，Chumbuggy的机会是通过在这些和其他移动设备上提供应用程序来提高他们的吸引力。chumbuggy.com与亨伯媒体研究与信息技术学院（Humber School of Media Studies & Information Technology）合作，希望为iPad开发一款应用，并建立一个代码库，以便在其他iOS设备上部署这款应用。此外，团队希望执行可用性测试，以最大限度地提高产品的用户体验。为此，该项目的成果将增加老年人对社交技术的采用，并鼓励所有年龄段的人进行有意义的对话。随着社交技术在社交互动和交流中继续发挥重要作用，该应用程序的开发将有助于确保加拿大在这一领域保持竞争力，亨伯大学的毕业生将接受技能培训和发展，这将有助于我们在庞大且不断增长的社交媒体市场中建立专业知识。

Chumbuggy is an online video platform for users to have scheduled, meaningful face-to-face conversations insmall groups. Chumbuggy has been developed using universal design, making it accessible for people of allages including older adults and people with disabilities. Older adults' comfort level with technology is growing,as evidenced by the increasing adoption the iPad as a device of choice, as well as other tablet devices.Therefore, the opportunity for Chumbuggy is to improve their traction by offering the app on these and othermobile devices. In partnership with Humber School of Media Studies & Information Technology, Chumbuggywants to create an app for the iPad and build a codebase for other deployment of the app on other iOS devices.In addition, the team wants to perform usability testing to maximize the user experience of their product. Tothis end, the outcome of this project will increase the adoption of social technologies within older adults, andencourage meaningful conversation across all age groups. As a social technologies continue to play animportant role in social interactions and communication, the app to be developed will help ensure Canada stayscompetitive in this field, and Humber graduates are exposed to skills training and development that will buildour expertise in the large and growing social media market.