Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer
Mark Wiggins
Contact via Email
C3A529
By Appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MOrgPsych
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit examines the relationship between human performance and advanced technology, and the role of organisational psychologists in optimising this relationship. This unit will provide students with knowledge of theories and practical perspectives relating to the application of human factors principles in a range of operational settings. Practical components of the unit focus on the conduct of hazard analyses, task analyses, risk assessments, usability analyses, and human factors tests.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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User Experience Report | 50% | No | 9th April 2018 |
Human Factors Test Plan | 50% | No | 4th June 2018 |
Multiple Choice Questions | 0% | Yes | 8th June 2018 |
Due: 9th April 2018
Weighting: 50%
Description: This assessment task involves a report in which you examine a website of your choice and provide recommendations to address any user experience or usability issues identified.
Your submission should be formulated as an industry report, and must include:
Due: 4th June 2018
Weighting: 50%
This task involves the development of a human factors test plan for (ideally) one or more of the recommendations that you identified in Assessment 1. Your goal is to develop a succinct, cost-effective plan that might be submitted to management to obtain support for a human factors test. A template will be provided to assist with the completion of the test plan.
Due: 8th June 2018
Weighting: 0%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Completion of the multiple choice questions associated with each video recording is a terms requirement. While it does not carry any weight towards the final mark, the failure to complete the questions successfully may result in failure of the unit.
This unit consists of alternating face-to-face and on-line classes. Face-to-face classes will be held between 5.00pm and 7.00pm on Mondays. Where a class in delivered on-line, students will be expected to: (a) Review a 20 minute (approx.) video clip, read the relevant chapter in the textbook together with one or two additional papers, answer questions to a short, on-line quiz, and undertake any activities as directed for that week.
Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes. Learning objectives and assessment activities are based on the requirements of a minimum 80% class attendance.
If there are exceptional circumstances where a session must be missed, this will need to be arranged with the unit convener in advance. Failure to do so implies a lack of professionalism.
Required readings include chapters from the textbook, and readings listed in the Topic Notes
Textbook: Kroemer, K.H.E. (2017). Fitting the human (7th ed). Boca Raton, FJ: CRC Press.
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