Guidelines for older-adult-friendly online tutorial for facebook: Content, design, and training principles

Abstract

This poster reports preliminary findings from a research project, which attempts to suggest guidelines for developing an older-adult-friendly online tutorial for Facebook. An existing online tutorial for Facebook, Facebook 101, was analyzed to provide a more practical discussion. Weaknesses and improvement points of the tutorial were identified based on the literature regarding principles of design and training for older adults (OAs). Moreover, hierarchical task analyses (HTAs) were conducted to re-design lessons (i.e., content of the tutorial) for popular Facebook activities by OAs. This poster includes a demo version of the OA-friendly online tutorial for Facebook by reflecting the findings and experiences from the study. This paper also outlines future research directions.