540310 Human Factors in Information Seeking and Use

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540-310 Human Factors in Information Seeking and
Use

• Wooseob Jeong

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Instructor

• Wooseob Jeong
• Korean
• BA/MA in International Relations (SNU)
• MLS (UNC)
• Ph.D. (FSU)
• Multimodal Interface
• Web Technology CGI, ASP, XML

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Syllabus Overview

• Textbooks
• Assignments
• Exams
• Instant Messaging Communication
• Schedules
• Course Policies
• Related class Information Architecture I

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In-class activity (1)

• Review of commercial TV news in terms of user
  interface
• Whats the advantage?
• Whats the problem?
• Whats your suggestion?

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Questions

• In MLB, the score between Arizona and LA?
• Whats the last inning between Atlanta and
  Pittsburgh
• What is Bonds HR number?
• Whats the price of Yahoo!s stock?
• Which company has KKD for their stock quote?
• What are the high and the low for Milwaukee?
• US assumes bin Laden is alive within ____ miles?
• In NFL Pre, the score between Chargers and 49ers?

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Answers

• In MLB, the score between Arizona and LA? (01)
• Whats the last inning between Atlanta and
  Pittsburgh (10)
• What is Bonds HR number? (606)
• Whats the price of Yahoo!s stock? (9.13)
• Which company has KKD for their stock quote?
  (Krispy Kreme)
• What are the high and the low for Milwaukee?
  (76/62)
• US assumes bin Laden is alive within ____ miles?
  (250)
• In NFL Pre, the score between Chargers and 49ers?
  (327)

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In-class activity (2)

• Critical Review Exercise
• Strength what you like
• Weakness what you dont like
• Application how you can apply the information of
  the content to the real world around yourself
• Suggestion something to tell the author for
  revision or next editions.

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Theme of the Course!

• System Engineering vs. User-Interface Design
• Why a better user-centered interface is
  important?

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Goals of System Engineering

• Proper functionality
• Reliability, availability, security, and data
  integrity
• Standardization, integration, consistency, and
  portability
• Schedules and budgets

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Goals of User-Interface Design

• Time to learn
• Speed of performance
• Rate of errors by users
• Retention over time
• Subjective satisfaction

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Accommodation of Human Diversity

• Physical abilities and physical workplaces
• Cognitive and perceptual abilities
• Personality differences
• Cultural and international diversity
• Users with disabilities
• Elderly users

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Human Minds

• Cognition Cognitive Science
• Error-prone Humane
• Error-proof Machine
• Example of humane things