Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning in Ergonomics for Software Engineers: A Case Study

Author

Albu, A. Branzan ; Malakuti, K. ; Tuokko, H. ; Lindstrom-Forneri, W. ; Kowalski, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC

fYear

2008

fDate

26-31 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

295

Lastpage

300

Abstract

This paper discusses an interdisciplinary educational initiative led by an instructional team with backgrounds in engineering and psychology in the context of an ergonomics course for software engineers. Our case study evaluates the educational outcomes of a course project that dealt with the error analysis and prototype-level redesign of a software tool for elderly users. The paper presents the rationale for the choice of this project, the project organization, and the evaluation of project-related outcomes with respect to the course learning objectives.

Keywords

computer science education; educational courses; ergonomics; error analysis; geriatrics; software prototyping; software tools; course learning objectives; elderly users; ergonomics course; error analysis; instructional team; interdisciplinary educational initiative; interdisciplinary project-based learning; project organization; prototype-level redesign; psychology; software engineering; software engineers; software tool; Aging; Computer aided instruction; Design engineering; Ergonomics; Error analysis; Humans; Knowledge engineering; Psychology; Software engineering; Software prototyping; ergonomics; interdisciplinary education; project-based learning; software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Advances, 2008. ICSEA '08. The Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sliema

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3218-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3372-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSEA.2008.70

Filename

4668123