UHCL PSYC 5911 Human Factors and Ergonomics Seminar

Day	Date	Event/Topic	Papers
Friday	August 28 2009	Orientation & Schedule Warnings and Labels	Syllabus <pdf> Wogalter, Michael S. & Laughery, Kenneth R.(2006), Warnings and Hazard Communictions, Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 3rd Ed. <pdf>
Friday	September 25, 2009	Doctoral Programs Current Research	HFES list of graduate programs and HFI's list of HCI programs Decision making advice on whether to apply to a doctoral program Yvonne Bogenstätter, Franziska Tschan, Norbert K. Semmer, Martin Spychiger, Marc Breuer, and Stephan Marsch (2009) How Accurate Is Information Transmitted to Medical Professionals Joining a Medical Emergency? A Simulator Study Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51: 115-125. <pdf> Mark W. Scerbo, James P. Bliss, Elizabeth A. Schmidt, and Sommer N. Thompson (2006) The Efficacy of a Medical Virtual Reality Simulator for Training Phlebotomy Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Jan; vol. 48: pp. 72 - 84. <pdf>
Friday	October 23, 2009	Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference San Antonio, Texas (October 19-23)	Each student should post two things to WebCT 1 -- a summary about an interesting HF/E professional they met at the conference and visited with. 2 -- a paper for which you saw the poster or presentation that you thought was interesting. Provide a brief summary of the paper and why you liked it.
Friday	November 20, 2009	Card Sorting & Cluster analysis Current Research	Society for Technical Communication's Usability and User Experience Community--Card Sorting Aaron Bangor; Philip T. Kortum; James T. Miller (2008) An Empirical Evaluation of the System Usability Scale International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 1532-7590, Volume 24, Issue 6, Pages 574 – 594 <pdf> James R. Lewis and Jeff Sauro (2009) The Factor Structure of the System Usability Scale First International Conference, HCD 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, Proceedings <pdf> John Annett (2002) Subjective rating scales: science or art? Ergonomics, 1366-5847, Volume 45, Issue 14, Pages 966 – 987 <pdf>

Day

Date

Event/Topic

Papers

Friday

August 28 2009

Orientation & Schedule

Warnings and Labels

Syllabus <pdf>

Wogalter, Michael S. & Laughery, Kenneth R.(2006),
Warnings and Hazard Communictions, Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 3rd Ed. <pdf>

Friday

September 25, 2009

Doctoral Programs

Current Research

HFES list of graduate programs and HFI's list of HCI programs
Decision making advice on whether to apply to a doctoral program

Yvonne Bogenstätter, Franziska Tschan, Norbert K. Semmer, Martin Spychiger, Marc Breuer, and Stephan Marsch (2009)
How Accurate Is Information Transmitted to Medical Professionals Joining a Medical Emergency? A Simulator Study Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51: 115-125. <pdf>

Mark W. Scerbo, James P. Bliss, Elizabeth A. Schmidt, and Sommer N. Thompson (2006)
The Efficacy of a Medical Virtual Reality Simulator for Training Phlebotomy Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Jan; vol. 48: pp. 72 - 84. <pdf>

Friday

October 23, 2009

Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference
San Antonio, Texas (October 19-23)

Each student should post two things to WebCT
1 -- a summary about an interesting HF/E professional they met at the conference and visited with.
2 -- a paper for which you saw the poster or presentation that you thought was interesting. Provide a brief summary of the paper and why you liked it.

Friday

November 20, 2009

Card Sorting & Cluster analysis

Current Research

Society for Technical Communication's Usability and User Experience Community--Card Sorting

Aaron Bangor; Philip T. Kortum; James T. Miller (2008)
An Empirical Evaluation of the System Usability Scale International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 1532-7590, Volume 24, Issue 6, Pages 574 – 594 <pdf>

James R. Lewis and Jeff Sauro (2009)
The Factor Structure of the System Usability Scale First International Conference, HCD 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, Proceedings <pdf>

John Annett (2002)
Subjective rating scales: science or art? Ergonomics, 1366-5847, Volume 45, Issue 14, Pages 966 – 987 <pdf>