Presentation
Student Perspectives on Changing Requirements for Human Factors Engineering Education
Event Type
Lecture
Virtual
Education
TimeWednesday, October 27th1:00pm - 1:15pm EDT
LocationVirtual 4
DescriptionIn today's digital economy, the Internet of Things (IoT) has connected devices, humans, and everyday objects to each other in ways that were unimaginable before. Vast amounts of data are collected eve-rywhere and disrupting how we design systems and products. Data science and emerging technologies offer challenges and opportunities for early-career human factors professionals who are looking to grow their careers and their human factors practice. In this paper, we report on a survey to assess the perspec-tives of students currently studying human factors. The survey items examined shortfalls in current human factors education with respect to relevance to industry trends. The survey results show that students see a need to include more relevant subjects in data science, as well as opportunities to learn trending industry problems, hands-on experience with real-life projects, prior to graduation.
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