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DESIGNING WITH SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY: HOME-BASED DIGITAL EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2023

Bahar Şener*
Affiliation:
Middle East Technical University
Owain Pedgley
Affiliation:
Middle East Technical University
*
Şener, Bahar, Middle East Technical University, Turkiye, bsener@metu.edu.tr

Abstract

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The well-thought implementation of technology within the product-service system (PSS) will undoubtedly contribute to the increase of healthy life expectancy and to the improvement of the wellbeing of society. The ‘Exercise-Well’ project, explored the problem and solution areas related to home-based exercise through digital interventions. Students worked in pairs and expected to propose a PSS solution providing a type of sports/physical activities for individuals to support their wellbeing. The proposed solutions were encouraged to create positive change especially through the integration of self-determination theory (SDT), but also be functionality suited to the persona. The project had the goals of directing students: i) to learn how digital technologies can be best tailored to assist people to exercise; ii) to consider engineering and healthcare domain constraints for utilizing convenient technological methods and integrating relevant hardware and software components; and iii) to motivate people by integrating autonomy, competence, relatedness into their design proposals. The paper demonstrated how SDT can be integrated into the design process, and how home-based digital exercise interventions can lead to creative solutions.

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