UCL - Conception et Evaluation en ergonomie

[GRBE2204]

[30h] 3 credits

Teacher(s):

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

Main themes

- Introduction : Development of work systems into complex systems of process checking Supervisory control
- Identification of new risks
- Basic concepts in cognitive psychology
- Models for information processing
- Attention model
- Memory
- Concept of mental load
- Human error
- Design cycles (particpatory design)
- Case presentation : design of support systems for decision taking and assessment of socio-technical systems (robotics, virtual reality)

Content and teaching methods

This course is designed to provide students with basic theoretical knowledge in cognitive sciences and the role they can play in the ergonomic design and assessment of complex socio-technical systems.
- Introduction : Development of work systems into complex systems of process checking Supervisory control
- Identification of new risks
- Basic concepts in cognitive psychology
- Models for information processing
- Attention model
- Memory
- Concept of mental load
- Human error
- Design cycles (particpatory design)
- Case presentation : design of support systems for decision taking and assessment of socio-technical systems (robotics, virtual reality)

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Oral presentation of theoretical and methodological elements together with presentation of real cases from the world of work
Assessment Methods :
Assessment on a case simulation