IFIP TC6 Open Digital Library

HOIT 2007: Chennai, India

Home Informatics and Telematics: ICT for The Next Billion - Proceedings of IFIP TC 9, WG 9.3 HOIT 2007 Conference, August 22-25, 2007, Chennai, India

Alladi Venkatesh, Timothy A. Gonsalves, Andrew Monk, Kathy Buckner

Springer, IFIP 241, ISBN: 978-0-387-73696-9



Contents

Convergence opportunities and factors influencing the use of internet and telephony by rural women in South Africa and India towards empowerment.

Meera K. Joseph, Theo N. Andrew

 1-20

Untapped Resources! Amazing Potential! TeNeT's Rural BPO Initiative.

Saloni Malhotra, P. Rathi, Timothy A. Gonsalves, Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Thejus Giri

 21-33

A Set of Heuristic Measurements for Evaluating the Inclusiveness of a Technology.

Kristina Pitula, Thiruvengadam Radhakrishnan

 35-48

The Tech-Enabled Neighborhood: Findings from an experience in Tecámac, Mexico.

Victor M. Gonzalez, Kenneth Kraemer, Luis A. Castro, Alladi Venkatesh

 49-63

Intelligent Tutoring Systems using Reinforcement Learning to teach Autistic Students.

B. H. Sreenivasa Sarma, B. Ravindran

 65-78

Teaching - Learning Strategies in Interactive Education - A Case Study.

V. Bharathi Harishankar, Archana Ghode, Alankar Bandyopadhyay, Maryma Scotlin, Hema A. Murthy, Timothy A. Gonsalves, Ashok Jhunjhunwala

 79-89

On the role of awareness systems for supporting parent involvement in young children's schooling.

Vassilis-Javed Khan, Panos Markopoulos, Berry Eggen

 91-101

Community Software Applications.

T. B. Dinesh, Susan M. Üsküdarli

 103-112

Being Social @ Work: Designing for Playfully Mediated Social Awareness in Work Environments.

Dhaval Vyas, Marek R. van de Watering, Anton Eliëns, Gerrit C. van der Veer

 113-131

Shaping social beliefs: A community sensitive health information system for rural India.

Vikram Parmar, David V. Keyson, Cees deBont

 133-143

"Can we trust the Indians with our data?" An examination of the emergence of information privacy laws in India.

Ramesh Subramanian

 145-155

Off Their Trolley - Understanding Online Grocery Shopping Behaviour.

Lillian Clark, Peter C. Wright

 157-170

Containing Family Clutter.

Laurel Swan, Alex S. Taylor, Shahram Izadi, Richard H. R. Harper

 171-184

Digital Photo Sharing and Emotions In A Ubiquitous Smart Home.

Gaurav Sondhi, Andy Sloane

 185-200

Telephone conferences for fun: experimentation in people's homes.

Andrew F. Monk, Darren J. Reed

 201-214

Enliven Photographs: Enriching User Experience.

Akshay Darbari, Pragya Agrawal

 215-219

Changing only the aesthetic features of a product can affect its apparent usability.

Andrew Monk, Kira Lelos

 221-233

Exploring technology influences between home, work, school: implications for managing ubiquitous technologies in the home.

Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Mark Stringer

 235-249

Designing for Co-located Social media use in the home using the CASOME infrastructure.

Marianne Graves Petersen, Martin Ludvigsen, Kaj Grønbæk, Kaspar Rosengreen Nielsen

 251-267

Usability - Key Factor of Future Smart Home Systems.

Gerhard Leitner, David Ahlström, Martin Hitz

 269-278

Lessons from the Life of Domestic Objects - Design Considerations for UbiComp Devices for Home.

Youngmi Choi

 279-290