Tutorial 2: Human factors in the design and testing of hypermedia-based interfaces

Instructor: Andy Dillon

Time: Saturday, June 3 (full day)

Description

The user interface to any application determines the usability of the application. Poorly designed interfaces lead to increased user error, lower user efficiency and decreased user satisfaction. The present tutorial will provide attendees with data on the empirical findings on usability for hypermedia and web-based interfaces. As well as covering what is known, the tutorial will also examine how to determine usability for new interfaces through the design of reliable and valid usability tests.

Instructor information

Andrew Dillon is an Associate Professor of Information Science, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science and Director of the new Masters in HCI program at Indiana University where he teaches graduate level classes in HCI, research methods and cognitive science. He received his Ph.D. in 1991 from Loughborough, has published over 70 articles, including 4 books, on various aspects of HCI, and consulted widely in the software industry in both the US and Europe. He serves on the editorial board of several leading journals such as the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, the Journal of Digital Information, the Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia and the New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia. He is an active member of ACM SIGCHI, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the American Society for Information Science.