Teaching a course on human factors and computer systems

Green, P.

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“…"Designing fo r Usability : Key Principles and What Designers Think, " Communications of the ACM, March, 28(3), 300-311 . Green, P ., (1984) . "Teaching a Course on Human Factors and Computer Systems," IEEE Compute r Graphics and Applications, December, 4(12), 43-45 .…”

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Human factors in computer systems: some useful readings

Green¹

1987

SIGCHI Bull.

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Four years ago I began teaching a course on Human Factors and Computer Systems at the University of Michigan (formerly Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) 491, now IOE 436). An overview of that course is given in a paper that appeared in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (Green, 1984). That paper sparked the interest of many people outside the University and, as a consequence, I have received requests for additional information. While there have been many improvements in the class exercises and software used for the course since that article, a significant change was the addition of a collection of readings two years ago. This article identifies those materials and comments on them. That information should be useful to educators developing their own courses and to practitioners interested in current developments in user interface design.

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Human factors in computer systems: some useful readings

Green¹

1987

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“…Several versions of this software were used by 85 senior engineering students at Michigan taking a class on human factors in computer systems during the winter semesters of 1984 and 1985 (Green, 1984).…”

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The Rapid Development of User Interfaces: Experience with the Wizard of OZ Method

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Wei-Haas

1985

Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting

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The Wizard of Oz technique is an efficient way to examine user interaction with computers and facilitate rapid iterative development of dialog wording and logic.The technique requires two machines linked together, one for the subject and one for the experimenter. Tn this implementation the experimenter (the "Wizard"), pretending to be a computer, types in complete replies to user queries or presses function keys to which common messages have been assigned (e.g., Fl="Help is not available"). The software automatically records the dialog and its timing.This paper provides a detailed description of the first implementation of the Oz paradigm for the IBM Personal Computer.It also includes application guidelines, infornation which is currently missing from the literature. HISTORY OF THE METHODThe Wizard of Oz paradigm is based upon the L.F.Eaum ( 1 9 0 0 ) s t o r y cf t h a t title. In it, the Wizard produced astonishing images of himself by manipulating a set of controls while hidden behind a curtain. Witnesses of these apparitions initially believed them to be the Wizard himself. The paradigm discussed here provides much the same scenario, in that images of the software prototype are controlled by a "wizard" (the experimenter) from behind the scenes. The unknowing user believes that a real application system exists,

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Computer Graphics and CAD Literature A Keyword‐Indexed Bibliography

Owen

1986

Computer Graphics Forum

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Teaching a course on human factors and computer systems

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Human factors in computer systems: some useful readings

Human factors in computer systems: some useful readings

The Rapid Development of User Interfaces: Experience with the Wizard of OZ Method

Computer Graphics and CAD Literature A Keyword‐Indexed Bibliography

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