Teaching undergraduates about human factors through research in usability

Lisa Jo Elliott

doi:10.1177/1541931213571105

Teaching undergraduates about human factors through research in usability

Lisa Jo Elliott

School of Humanities & Social Sciences (Behrend)

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Abstract

Educators in Human Factors face an important question: how to attract, educate and prepare undergraduate students for a future in Human Factors. Previous work in Experimental Psychology suggests that students learn more from participating in laboratory studies than they do from lectures in a classroom setting (Elliott, Rice, Trafimow, Madson, and Hipshur, 2010). Information exists on how to configure a usability lab for a commercial practice, but little information exists on how to organize an academic usability lab for undergraduates. This study describes the organization of one such academic lab which focuses on in vivo development projects. The report describes the configuration, practical advice, and lessons learned to date.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2013
Pages	487-490
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931213571105
State	Published - 2013
Event	57th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting - 2013, HFES 2013 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Sep 30 2013 → Oct 4 2013

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Name	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
ISSN (Print)	1071-1813

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Other	57th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting - 2013, HFES 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	9/30/13 → 10/4/13

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Human Factors and Ergonomics

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Elliott, LJ 2013, Teaching undergraduates about human factors through research in usability. in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2013. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, pp. 487-490, 57th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting - 2013, HFES 2013, San Diego, CA, United States, 9/30/13. https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931213571105

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