Designing a Website for Adolescents to Introduce Human Factors Methods and Concepts

Abstract

Human factors researchers and practitioners have awareness of, and access to, various sources covering methods commonly used in their field. However, human factors curriculum is underrepresented within high school education. In accordance with an effort to produce a website that is geared towards those with, at best, a limited understanding of the field, we wanted to also emphasize universal accessibility.

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