EAST LANSING ? For the second year in a row, the Michigan State Usability and Accessibility Center is joining with the Michigan Usability Professionals’ Association to put on one of the largest webcasts worldwide, part of World Usability Day festivities.
A full day of free workshops and presentations on the topics of usability and accessibility as they relate to everything from Web sites to automobiles is offered. The Nov. 14 event runs from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center in East Lansing.
Here?s a quick snap shot of the program.
Workshop: Session 1-A
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. (Willy Room)
Usability as a Tool for Capacity Building: Conducting Community-Based User Research
Speaker: Jeff Grabill, Co-Director, MSU WIDE Research Center and Associate Professor, Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures
Workshop: Session 1-B
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. (Room 101)
Live Web Site Evaluations: Usability and Marketing Message Assessment
Speaker: Dave Mitropoulos-Rundus, Michigan UPA President
MSU Usability & Accessibility Center Tours
9:00 ? NOON
Informal tours of the Usability & Accessibility Center will be last for 15 minutes and leave from room 93, Kellogg Center. Please indicate on the registration form whether you would like a tour.
1:15 – 1:45 p.m. (Room Big Ten C)
New Communication Technology for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
Speaker: Christopher Hunter, Director, Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DODHH), Michigan Commission on Disability Concerns, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
1:45 – 2:45 p.m. (Room Big Ten C)
“Ford! Where’s My Car?” — The Story of Usability and Vehicle Order Management Speakers: Chad Esselink, Team Supervisor, IT Creative Design and Usability Team, Ford; and IT Creative Design and Usability Team: Martin Rutyna (Project Manager), Eric Schrage (Usability Specialist), Mike Mistak (Graphic Designer)
2:45 – 3:15 p.m. (Centennial Room)
Student Poster Session Break
Refreshments will be served, posters will be displayed
3:15 – 3:45 p.m. (Room Big Ten C)
Podcasting About Usability: Behind the Sounds of “Design Critique: Products
for People”
Speaker: Timothy Keirnan, Producer and Co-Host, Design Critique: Products for People
3:45 – 4:15 p.m. (Room Big Ten C)
Driver Distraction: What is the Problem and How can it be Solved?
Speaker: Paul A. Green, Research Professor, Human Factors Division, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), and Adjunct Associate Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE)
4:15 – 5:15 p.m. (Room Big Ten C)
The Expertise and Complexity of Citizen Knowledge Work; or, A Tale of How Information Technologies Move from Being Good Collaborators to Poor Collaborations
Speaker: Jeff Grabill, Co-Director, MSU WIDE Research Center and Associate Professor, Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures
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