Sir Ken Robinson on Personalized Learning

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IdaVation 2010 – “Creativity and Innovation in Isolation” Panel

Below is the video from the “Creativity and Innovation in Isolation” panel from IdaVation 2010.

The hour-long panel was moderated by Mark Rivers (CEO of Brix & Company) and included Bob Lokken (CEO of WhiteCloud Analytics), John Sosoka (CEO of Pulse-Robotics), and Michael Boerner (CEO of Unity Media Group and Unity Medical) as panelists.

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NO TRESPASSING – Are You Sure?

If you really want people to stay off your property, why would you camouflage the NO TRESPASSING sign?

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A Glimpse into the Breadth of Human Factors and Ergonomics

One of the challenges I face when first introducing individuals to the discipline of human factors and ergonomics, in a casual setting, is being able to succinctly explain the breadth of work our practitioners perform. Usually I end up discussing a subset that will best resonate based on my understanding of their professional work.

An illustrative example of the discipline’s comprehensiveness is to review the table of contents for the Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics (3rd), which was edited by Gavriel Salvendy. Below are the 61 chapter titles:

1. The Discipline of Ergonomics and Human Factors
2. Human Factors Engineering and Systems Design
3. Sensation and Perception
4. Selection and Control of Action
5. Information Processing
6. Communication and Human Factors
7. Cultural Ergonomics
8. Decision-Making Models and Decision Support
9. Mental Workload and Situation Awareness
10. Social and Organizational Foundations of Ergonomics
11. Human Factors and Ergonomic Methods
12. Anthropometry
13. Basic Biomechanics and Workstation Design
14. Task Analysis: Why, What, and How
15. Task Design and Motivation
16. Job and Team Design
17. Personnel Selection
18. Design, Delivery, and Evaluation of Training Systems
19. Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management
20. Situation Awareness
21. Affective and Pleasurable Design
22. Workplace Design
23. Vibration and Motion
24. Sound and Noise
25. Illumination
26. Occupational Health and Safety Management
27. Human Error
28. Ergonomics of Work Systems
29. Psychosocial Approach to Occupational Health
30. Manual Materials Handling
31. Work-Related Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders
32. Warnings and Hazard Communications
33. Use of Personal Protective Equipment in the Workplace
34. Human Space Flight
35. Chemical, Dust, Biological, and Electromagnetic Radiation Hazards
36. Modeling Human Performance in Complex Systems
37. Mathematical Models in Engineering Psychology: Optimizing Performance
38. Supervisory Control
39. Digital Human Modeling for CAE Applications
40. Virtual Environments
41. Accident and Incident Investigation
42. Human Factors and Ergonomics Audits
43. Cost–Benefit Analysis of Human Systems Investments
44. Methods of Evaluating Outcomes
45. Visual Displays
46. Information Visualization
47. Online Communities
48. Human Factors and Information Security
49. Usability Testing
50. Web Site Design and Evaluation
51. Design of E-Business Web Sites
52. Augmented Cognition in Human–System Interaction
53. Design for People with Functional Limitations
54. Design for Aging
55. Design for Children
56. Design for All: Computer-Assisted Design of User Interface Adaptation
57. Human Factors and Ergonomics Standards
58. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Medicine
59. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Motor Vehicle Transportation
60. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Automation Design
61. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Process Control

Quite amazing isn’t it?  I count the Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics (3rd) as one of the primary “go to” books in my professional library – as does Don Norman.

Here are links to .pdfs of the table of contents, index, preface, and Chapter 1: The Discipline of Ergonomics and Human Factors.

References

Salvendy, G. (Ed.). (2006). Handbook of human factors and ergonomics (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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IdaVation 2010 – Event Program

As I mentioned in a previous post, IdaVation 2010 is being held on May 26th at the Boise Centre.  Below is the program for the event.  With this lineup, I’m sure it will be a great event!  Tickets can be purchased here.

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