Cognitive Levers CLever:

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MAPS (Memory Aiding Prompting System) Stefan
Carmien June 14th 2001
Center for LifeLong Learning Design University
of Colorado at Boulder
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• Cognitively disabled individuals are often unable
  to live on their own because of their inability
  to consistently do normal domestic tasks like
  cooking, taking medications, personal hygiene.
• Prompting systems provide a learning tool to
  acquire skills and scaffolding for daily life.
• A portable tool that provides multi-modal
  prompting and allows easy creation of new scripts
  will extend current one-on-one prompting systems.
  
• Device rejection is the fate of a large
  percentage of purchased ACC and Assistive
  technology
• Similarly users (caretakers) report difficulties
  in configuring/modifying configurations in
  assistive technology that often lead to
  abandonment.

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of Colorado at Boulder
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Existing prompting systems

• Manual prompting systems
• Adams 12 transition team and many others train
  with and teach prompting steps
• We have copies of many prompting scripts for
  single tasks these will be used as seeds for
  the project and as pointers to what is really
  needed.

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Existing prompting systems

• Computationally based tools
• Static PC based systems
• Visions uses stationary touch screens and
  speakers to prompt thru complex domestic tasks
  like cooking, and sets of cards to assist
  away-from-the-system tasks like groceries
  shopping
• PDA based prompting tools and general assistants
• Pocket Coach, a CE PDA based audio instuction
  promting system developed by Ablelink, an
  assistive technology R D company in Colorado.
  (http//www.ablelinktech.com)
• Isaac the Swedish PDA system in the early 90s
  (http//www.certec.lth.se/english/isaac/index.html
  )
• PEAT CE based prompting system
  (http//www.brainaid.com)
• Existing tools may work but are difficult to
  configure and maintain
• BVSD assistive technologysy teams experiience
  with AAC devices
• The Visions installation here in
  Boulder                            

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• Existing research
• Prompting studies by Lancioni and others
• Assistive technology design guide by Thomas
  King
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication by
  Beukelman Mirenda
• ASSETS proceedings
• Interviews with local experts
• CU professors (Richardson, Yoshinaga-Itano.)
• Professionals in the field (BVSD, Adams 12)

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The CLever/L3d approach MAPS

• Involve all users the cognitively disabled
  user, the caretaker, the Assistive technologist
• Design a tool to create solutions equal focus
  on the prompt user and caretaker (the script
  creation tool)
• Design in community involvement repositories of
  scripts that can be shared, extended.
• Use of logging enables adaptive prompting,
  caretaker feedback, research

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MAPS design

• Primary goal is not to be left in a closet. We
  would prefer to create a small tool that does one
  thing well and has high adoption and reuse than a
  large multifunction tool that is not used. In
  this sense the design challenge is not with
  respect to function but rather to usability.
• Start out by doing one simple thing very well,
  then attempt wider functionality

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MAPS design

• Color palm device with sound module, snap-in
  camera for creating scripts
• PC front end integrated with camera and
  microphone for easy script creation
• Design and extensive testing with all
  stakeholders MAPS users, caretakers,
  professionals
• Expect simple prototype for user testing this
  summer

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of Colorado at Boulder
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Demo here
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Possible MAPS Extensions Collaborations

• MAPS extensions first tie into visions system,
  then other CLever applications I-mail, Spyder.
• Bus stop scenario personalized interface for
  intelligent Bus Stop
• Smart wallet provide safe scaffolding for daily
  cash transactions
• Panic button RF or IR interaction with
  environment at info spots
• Scheduler prompter (i.e. appointments,
  medication etc)
• EDC front end for script creation tangible path
  for bus trips with automatic waypoint cue list
  generation

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MAPS researchers -
Stefan Carmien Shin'ichi Konomi
Center for LifeLong Learning Design University
of Colorado at Boulder
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