Building social life networks through mobile interfaces :the case study of Sri Lanka farmers

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Di Giovanni, Pasquale, Romano, Marco, Sebillo, Monica, Tortora, Genoveffa, Vitiello, Giuliana, Ginige, Tamara, De Silva, Lasanthi, Goonethilaka, Jeevani, Wikramanayake, Gihan and Ginige, Athula. (2012). Building social life networks through mobile interfaces :the case study of Sri Lanka farmers. In A Cicchetti and C Rossignoli (Ed.). Proceedings of the 2012 itAIS Conference. Germany: Springer. pp. 1 - 8
AuthorsDi Giovanni, Pasquale, Romano, Marco, Sebillo, Monica, Tortora, Genoveffa, Vitiello, Giuliana, Ginige, Tamara, De Silva, Lasanthi, Goonethilaka, Jeevani, Wikramanayake, Gihan and Ginige, Athula
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The development of mobile applications is paramount to support users living in developing countries to improve their lives. One of the major re-search challenges is to develop a user interface suitable for such users. In this paper we present the design process we applied in order to develop a mobile application oriented to farmers living in Sri Lanka. The application prototype developed so far has been evaluated against usability requirements and a usability evaluation framework has been devised, which can be used to replicate the tests as the application iteratively reaches its final release. This work represents a pilot study within a wider international research project aiming to provide real-time information to support activities related to livelihood delivered using mobile phone applications targeted to meet the needs of people in developing countries.

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Research GroupPeter Faber Business School
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EditorsA Cicchetti and C Rossignoli
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