Team Members

Dr. Karin Slegers

Function: Senior Researcher
Phone: +32 16 32 36 52
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Karin Slegers has a master in Cognitive Psychology and specialized in Cognitive Ergonomics during her studies. She received a PhD from the University of Maastricht (Netherlands) in the combined area of Cognitive Aging and Human Computer Interaction. She has worked as a senior user researcher for Vodafone Group R&D from 2006 until 2008, where she worked on generative user research in order to develop new, innovative mobile services. Her interests are related to the work fields of user-centred design methods, generative and creative user research methods, early user involvement in innovation processes, user-centred design for users with disabilities, etc.

Work experience

2002 - 2008 Senior User Insight Specialist at Vodafone Group R&D

2001 - 2005 PhD student at University of Maastricht, keywords: Cognitive Aging, Human Computer Interaction, Use It or Loose It, Cognitive Reserve.

Projects

ÆGIS (Open Accessibility Everywhere: Groundwork, Infrastructure, Standards)
NFC-Voucher (NFC-Voucher Demonstrator)
DEUS (Deployment and Easy Use of wireless Services)
GR@SP (Bridging the Gap between QoE and QoS)
EMSOC (User Empowerment in a Social Media Culture)
TERENCE (An adaptative learning system for reasoning about stories with poor comprehenders and their educators)
AToM (A Touch of Memory)
iRead+ (The Intelligent Reading Companion)
SmartStyle (3D face analysis for personalized style advise)

Publications

2013

Slegers, K. , Duysburgh, Pieter , Hendriks, Niels & Van Rijn, Helma (2013, September). Participatory Design for Persons with Cognitive or Sensory Impairments. INTERACT 2013. Cape Town, South Africa: Springer.
Slegers, K. , Wilkinson, Andrea & Hendriks, Niels (2013, May). Active Collaboration in Healthcare Design: Participatory Design to Develop a Dementia Care App. CHI 2013. Paris, France: ACM.

2012

De Roeck, D. , Slegers, K. , Criel, Johan , Godon, Marc , Claeys, Laurence , Kilpi, Katriina & Jacobs, An (2012, October). I would DiYSE for it! A manifesto for do-it-yourself internet-of-things creation. NordiCHI 2012
. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Laporte, L. & Slegers, K. (2012, October). Using Correspondence Analysis to monitor the persona segmentation process. NordiCHI 2012, Kopenhagen: ACM.
Slegers, K. & Donoso, V. (2012, September). The impact of paper prototyping on card sorting: A case study. Interacting With Computers 24(5) (pp. 351-357).
Slegers, K. , Van Rijn, Helma , Duysburgh, Pieter & Hendriks, Niels (2012, August). Participatory Design for Users with Impairments Affecting Cognitive Functions and Communication Skills. Participatory Design Conference 2012
. Roskilde, Denmark.
Slegers, K. & Van Boxtel, Martin (2012, August). Actual use of Computers and the Internet by Older Adults: Potential Benefits and Risks.
Engaging Older Adults with Modern Technology: Internet Use and Information Access Needs
(pp. 161-190). Hershey (PA), USA: Information Science Reference.
Laurens Van Acker , Toon De Pessemier , Slegers, K. , Luc Martens , Wout Joseph & Emilie Van Dijck (2012, March). A Mobile Conversation Assistant to Enhance Communications for Hearing-Impaired Children. WEBIST - 8th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies
. Porto, Portugal.
Slegers, K. , Van Boxtel, Martin & Jolles, Jelle (2012, January). Computer use in older adults: Determinants and the relationship with cognitive change over a six year episode. accepted for publication in Computers in Human Behavior.
Kok, Barbara , Slegers, K. & Vink, Peter (2012). The amount of ergonomics and user involvement in 151 design processes. Work, 41 (pp. 989-996).
Duysburgh, Pieter , Slegers, K. & Jacobs, An (2012). Interactive applications for children with hearing impairments: a process of inspiration, ideation, and conceptualization.. IDC 2013 (pp. 240-243). Bremen, Germany.

2011

Hannes, K. , Heyvaert, M. , Slegers, K. , Van den Branden, S. , Van Houdt, S. & Van Nuland, M. (2011, October). Reporting Standard for Qualitative Research: a good or a bad idea? Preliminary results from a Delphi-study. Cochrane Colloquium. Madrid: Cochrane Collaboration.
Hendriks, Niels , Slegers, K. & Wilkinson, Andrea (2011, October). Touching dementia: reflectiveness, trust and self-control in IT applications. 7th International Symposium on Cultural Gerontology Inaugural Conference of the European Network in Ageing Studies (ENAS). Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Laporte, L. & Slegers, K. (2011, July). User-centred guidelines for children's reading comprehension tools. IADIS international conference e-learning 2011. Rome, Italy.
Dupont, L. , Slegers, K. & De Grooff, D. (2011, July). Inclusion, exclusion and social media: IT-based initiatives and future opportunities. IAMCR 2011 - Communication Policy and Technology Section. Istanbul.
De Roeck, Dries , Slegers, K. , Stappers, Pieter Jan & Achiel Standaert (2011, June). Infusing digital creativity in design, the low fidelity way.. CHI Sparks 2011 - HCI Research, innovation and implementation. Arnhem, The Netherlands: CHI Nederland.
Kok, Barbara , Slegers, K. & Vink, Peter (2011, April). Methods of the design process: an inventory. 10th International Symposium on Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management (ODAM). Grahamstown, South Africa.
De Joode, Elsbeth , Proot, Ireen , Slegers, K. , Van Heugten, Caroline , Verhey, Frans & Van Boxtel, Martin (2011). The use of standard calendar software by individuals with acquired brain injury and cognitive complaints: a mixed methods study. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology.

2010

Slegers, K. & Duysburgh, Pieter (2010, October). Research Methods for Involving Hearing Impaired Children in IT innovation. NordiCHI 2010
. Reykjavik: ACM.
Mahmud, Nasim , Vogt, Joel , Luyten, Kris , Slegers, K. & Coninx, Karen (2010, October). Dazed and Confused considered normal: An Approach to Create Interactive Systems for People with Dementia. 3rd Conference on Human-Centred Software Engineering (HCSE 2010) . Reykjavik: HCSE.
Evangelos Bekiaris , Maria Gemou , Karel Van Isacker , Slegers, K. , Laporte, L. , Sulmon, N. , Luis Miguel Bascones , Mercedes Turrero & Ivan Carmona (2010, October). Modelling the user. first International ÆGIS Conference (pp. 67-77). Seville, Spain.
Sulmon, N. , Slegers, K. , Van Isacker, Karel , Gemou, Maria & Bekiaris, Evangelos (2010, March). Using Personas to capture Assistive Technology Needs of People with Disabilities. 25th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN)
. San Diego: CSUN.
Slegers, K. (2010, March). Innovative ICT Applications for Hearing Impaired Children – a Participatory Design Approach. 25th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN)
. San Diego: CSUN.

2009

Slegers, K. & Arnall, Timo (2009, August). Touch Affordances. INTERACT Workshop . Uppsala.
Karel Van Isacker , Slegers, K. , Maria Gemou & Evangelos Bekiaris (2009, July). A UCD approach towards the design, development and assessment of accessible applications in a large scale European Integrated project. HCI International. San Diego.
Slegers, K. (2009, April). Research approaches into communication technology for older users. CHI - Workshop Age matters: Bridging the generation gap through technology-mediated interaction. Boston.
Slegers, K. , van Boxtel, M.P.J. & Jolles, J. (2009). The effects of computer training and Internet usage on cognitive abilities of older adults: a randomised controlled study..
Aeging, Clinical and Experimental Research 21(1)
(pp. 43-54).
Slegers, K. , van Boxtel, M.P.J. & Jolles, J. (2009). The efficiency of using everyday technological devices by older adults: The role of cognitive functions.. Aeging and Society29(2) (pp. 309-325).

2008

Slegers, K. (2008, October). The use of a lo-fi 3D prototype: modeling touch-based interaction in co-design. NordiCHI - Workshop Guidelines for Haptic Lo-Fi prototyping (pp. 23-24). Lund.
Slegers, K. (2008, September). Payment with Mobile (NFC) Vouchers – Using Co-design Techniques to Identify User Requirements. MobileHCI 2008. Amsterdam.
Slegers, K. , van Boxtel, M.P.J. & Jolles, J. (2008, May). The effects of computer training and Internet usage on wellbeing and quality of life of older adults: A randomized controlled study.. Journal of Gerontology, Psychological Sciences, 63
(pp. P176-P184).

2007

Kaptein, M. , Slegers, K. , Nelissen, H , Weisscher, A. & Terken, J. (2007, September). The digital workbook: Using Web 2.0 for generative research purposes.
Mobile HCI 2007
. Singapore.
Haaker, T. , Hettinga, M. & Slegers, K. (2007, June). Customer preferences for bundles of content services. Proceedings of the sixth conference on telecommunication techno-economics (CTTE07) (pp. 1-8). Helsinki, Finland.
Slegers, K. , van Boxtel, M.P.J. & Jolles, J. (2007). The effects of computer training and Internet usage on the use of everyday technology by older adults: A randomized controlled study.. Educational Gerontology, 33(2) (pp. 91-110).
van Boxtel, M.P.J. , Slegers, K. , Jolles, J. & Ruijgrok, J.M. (2007). Risk of upper limb complaints due to computer use in older persons: a randomized study..
BMC Geriatrics, 7(21)
.

2005

Slegers, K. , van Boxtel, M.P.J. & Jolles, J. (2005, May). The effects of computers and Internet usage on everyday functioning and wellbeing of older adults: A randomized controlled study.
Meeting of the International Society for Gerontechnology
. Nagoya, Japan.
Slegers, K. , van Boxtel, M.P.J. & Jolles, J. (2005). User preferences for web design compared: Are age-related guidelines necessary?.
Gerontechnology, 4(3)
(pp. 153-165).

2004

Slegers, K. , van Boxtel, M.P.J. & Jolles, J. (2004, September). Increasing autonomy of older adults through the use of computers and the Internet.. HCI and the older population workshop at British HCI 2004. Leeds, UK.