Ergonomic mismatch between students anthropometry and university classroom furniture

Parvez, M. S.; Rahman, Azizur; Tasnim, Nishat

doi:10.1080/1463922x.2019.1617909

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“…Finally, although it had not received much attention in distance education literature before the pandemic, learning environment conditions, its ergonomics, and access to a quality internet connection are additional and indeed important variables to consider in distance learning. A workspace that does not offer the appropriate conditions represents a risk factor for comfort, well-being, and students' academic performance (Braat-Eggen et al, 2017;Hviid et al, 2020;Parvez et al, 2019;Zhong et al, 2019). The unexpected change to online education due to the COVID-19 pandemic has made researchers and academic staff wonder whether students were prepared to take classes from their home and whether they had an adequate workspace, equipment, and facilities for effective learning.…”

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Academic and emotional effects of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic on engineering students

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The unprecedented situation of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the closure of universities worldwide and has forced the transition to online learning. This exceptional context compels us to understand students' experience with online learning. Previous literature identifies relevant factors that intervene in the online education experience and can affect students' academic development. One of the main concerns is the students' mental health, given the lockdown restrictions under which classes have been conducted. Furthermore, the impact of the prolonged lockdown and the pandemic fatigue on university students and their academic experience is still unclear. This study delves into engineering undergraduate students' online education experience during the COVID-19 pandemic and its emotional impact across time. With this aim, a questionnaire was distributed to second, third, and fourth-year engineering undergraduate students at two time points, approximately six months apart. The results show significant differences in students' connection with other students and teachers, workspace conditions, and boredom between time points. Besides, the findings indicate significant correlations between academic development and quality of online classes, adaptation of the course, workspace conditions, and connection with other students and teachers, and also between students' emotions and connection with other students and teachers. Finally, the study identifies best practices carried out during online teaching that will be of value for future courses and engineering education beyond the pandemic situation, amongst which those related to effective communication with teachers stand out.

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Academic and emotional effects of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic on engineering students

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“…Then, this allows for sustainable development of the human resources. Additionally, ergonomics is a scientific discipline related to interactions between human beings and some elements from a specific system in a professional sense Sustainability 2020, 12, 9194; doi:10.3390/su12219194 www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability applying theories, principles, information, and methods designing and optimizing human well-being and the entire system performance [2]. Specifically, the principal ergonomic objective is to preserve health and comfort as well as to provide safe conditions for human beings [3].…”

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The Impact of Environmental Factors on Academic Performance of University Students Taking Online Classes during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the quarantine period determined that university students (human resource) in Mexico had adopted the online class modality, which required them to adapt themselves to new technologies and environmental conditions that are different from classrooms at their university. Specifically, these new environmental conditions can be uncomfortable and have an impact on the students’ academic performance. Consequently, the present study aims to determine the impact that the lighting, noise, and temperature levels (independent variables) have on academic performance (dependent variable) in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. To do this, a questionnaire was developed, which was applied to 206 university students online, and a structural equation model was built that integrates the four variables through three hypotheses, which were statistically validated through the partial least squares method. Results showed that temperature, lighting, and noise have significant direct effects on university students’ academic performance. As a conclusion, it was obtained that the three independent variables have an impact in the sustainability of university students (human resource).

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“…The anthropometric redesign of the workstations, as well as the work method, would positively affect the health and safety of the operators. In the specific case of the anthropometric design of workstations, this would prevent the operators from adopting uncomfortable body postures [43]. On the other hand, the redesign of the working method eliminates repetitive movements and according to the literature review, uncomfortable body postures and repetitive movements are the cause of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) [44].…”

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Implementation of Production Process Standardization—A Case Study of a Publishing Company from the SMEs Sector

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This paper reports a case study using a standardization process for increasing efficiency and a better optimization of resources in a printing company with 150 operators having manual and mechanical tasks in the box assembly department along with four production lines. The current capacity is 350 boxes per day, while the demand is 650 units, where the company is expected to pay large sums for overtime. Using work standardization, studying worker movements, timing, and workstations redesign, the main goal was to increase the efficiency and productivity indexes. After applying those tools, the inefficient movements in operators decreased from 230 to 78, eliminating 66% of the unnecessary movements, as well as the standard time in a workstation decreased from 244 to 199 s (18.44%) per each assembled box, and the production rate increased by 63.2%, that is, 229 units per assembly line a day, where overtime was reduced to zero.

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Ergonomic mismatch between students anthropometry and university classroom furniture

Cited by 28 publications

References 79 publications

Academic and emotional effects of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic on engineering students

Academic and emotional effects of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic on engineering students

The Impact of Environmental Factors on Academic Performance of University Students Taking Online Classes during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico

Implementation of Production Process Standardization—A Case Study of a Publishing Company from the SMEs Sector

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