Hello,
Researchers at Oregon State University are striving to conduct research to
learn more about the free/open source software community landscape as it
relates to older adults. We’re looking for older adults who are older than
50 and are currently involved with a free/open source software project. You
will be excluded from the study if you are younger than 50, have not
contributed to a free/open source software project, or are not fluent in
English. If you’re interested, we will either do an in-person interview (if
you are local to the Corvallis or Portland area), or an interview over the
phone (if you are not local). The interview is expected to last no longer
than an hour. You will not be compensated for participating in this study.
The study title is Involving Older Adults in the Design and Development of
Free/Open Source Software – Part 2. The principal investigator is Dr.
Carlos Jensen.
If you would like to participate in the study, please email us at
davidsje@onid.orst.edu to set up a time to determine your eligibility and
to set up a time/location to do an interview.
Thank you,
Jennifer Davidson Carlos Jensen
davidsje@onid.orst.edu cjensen@eecs.oregonstate.edu
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Jennifer Davidson
Human-Computer Interaction PhD Student
IGERT in Aging Sciences Program
Center for Healthy Aging Research
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Oregon State University
Comments
excited to see what you discover
I'm too young to participate, but I'd love to read your findings once the study wraps up. I'm curious about what sort of implications your results will have for those of us who have made careers of open source development as we get older.
sharing results
Thanks for your interest! I'm trying to include it as part of my dissertation and in a conference paper. When those results come out (it might be awhile :)), I'll be sure to share them with the group. I could probably do an informal blog post at some point as well.