Welcome to the course!
This is a plan of our first session.
Introduction: Why Human Factors matter – the Hawaii incident.
False emergency alert about an incoming missile. (BBC)
How the emergency could have been avoided. (blog post)
Overview of the Learning Outcomes
see the Course Handbook
Setting Up Top Hat
When you set up Top Hat for the course, note down every single step you take, and every single problem you have.
Top Hat Activities
- number of steps
- description of errors
- own goals for the course
Introduction to Human Factors
See Week 1 materials
Course Handbook and Assessments
see Course Handbook
For next week:
Read materials
Complete Questions and Comments by Monday, January 21, midnight. I will use the number of Q&Cs completed as an indication of the number of people who will actually be in the course, and move us to a bigger venue.
