Employing user-centered design to develop a remote technology kit for studying young children's social communication skills.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The COVID-19 pandemic required behavioral researchers to rapidly pivot to the implementation of remote study protocols to facilitate data collection. Remote implementation required robust and flexible research protocols including reliable audio/visual technology that met all the quality, security, and privacy hallmarks of lab-based equipment, while also being portable and usable by nontechnical staff and participants. The project's primary purpose was to develop a technology kit that could be deployed for data collection in homes with young children. The secondary objective was to determine the feasibility of the kit for use longitudinally across four disparate sites.

Method

User-centered design principles were employed in the development and implementation of a te

SUBMITTER: Petruccelli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11753867 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature