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PSDC24D ~ Games To Explain Human Factors: Come, Participate, Learn, & Have Fun!!!
Human Factors (HF) is a specialization of Engineering & Psychology in which systems such as planes, computers & medical devices are designed & assessed for safety & ease of use. Watch people process information. Explore memory, learning, perception, measuring, interfering, thinking, responding, assumptions, feedback, medical error, user error, pilot error & product usability. Includes 25 classroom activities. Become a better teacher & learner. TV Game show style -- informative & fun!!!
 
Links
sites.google.com/site/gamestoexplain/
Abstract of the Games To Explain Human Factors: Come, Participate, Learn & Have Fun!!! program as well as a listing of topics covered and a Presenter's Biography. Teacher-participants in our Games session may request an electronic copy of the 160 page presentation & instructor's guide from Dr. Ronald G. Shapiro at the conclusion of the session for use in their school at no charge.
www.google.com/profiles/DrRonShapiro
Dr. Ronald G. Shapiro's biography as well as a listing of some of his presentations which are available for presentations at middle schools, secondary schools, colleges, universities, professional society meetings and companies.
www.slideshare.net/DrRonShapiro/games-to-explain-human-factors-come-participate-learn-have-fun-embryriddle-university-photo-album
Photo album from an Autumn 2009 Games Session at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Florida. If you would like to preview our session you may review this album, but viewing this album may disqualify you from being a contestant in some of the activities in the Games program at our conference. Of course, you would still be welcome and encouraged to come to the workshop, observe and participate in other activities.
 
Files
Slide5.JPG (101 KB)
Games to Explain Human Factors: Come, Participate, Learn & Have Fun!!! Perceptually Inverted Navigation (PIN). See photos of LeeAnn Bradley (a teacher) directing her daughter Kayla (a college senior) to place a sticker on a chart at Great Plains Students' Psy Conv. LeeAnn is wearing 180 degree inversion prisms so everything seems upside down. Kayla is blindfolded. PIN is one of our 25 activities. (Prisms by High School Teacher Gerry Palmer; http://www.psychkits.com/inversion_goggles.html).
Florida Institute of Technology Games 2009-11-03 Internet Version Low Resolution.pps (568 KB)
Games To Explain Human Factors; Come, Participate, Learn & Have Fun Champions Album featuring Florida Institute of Technology Aeronautical Engineering Student Esther Cameron. Contains photos of several of the 25 activities. Prizes sponsor: Space Coast Chapter Human Factors & Ergonomics Society. Note: viewing this album may disqualify you from being a contestant in some activities in our Games program. You would be encouraged to come to the workshop, observe & participate in other activities.
San Diego Mesa College Games To Explain Human Factors Come_ Participate_ Learn _ Have Fun Internet Photo Album Low Resolution.pps (3.3 MB)
Games To Explain Human Factors; Come, Participate, Learn & Have Fun!!! Photo Album from program at San Diego Mesa College in 2009. Contains photos of several of the 25 activities. Note: If you would like to preview our session you may review this album, but viewing this album may disqualify you from being a contestant in some activities in our Games program. You would be welcome & encouraged to come to the workshop, observe & participate in other activities.

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