World Usability Day Temple University (Philadelphia)

Description: World Usability Day 2007 at Temple University

When: Thursday, November 8, 2007

Time: 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 pm

Where: The Student Center, room 200A Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

What: World Usability Day is a national campaign designed to raise public awareness of the value of usability engineering and user-centered design. The activities of the day will promote the belief that every user has the responsibility to ask for things that work better. Computer Services invites you to participate in a World Usability Day event that will profile how tools and systems can be more usable and effective in teaching and learning. Please join us for engaging discussions from individuals who will share their experiences and demonstrate how they are employing functional products and applications that make a positive usability difference. If you cannot attend the session in person, please feel free to meet with us online from any location using a computer connected to the Internet. A live virtual meeting room (Webinar) will be provided at http://breeze.temple.edu/usabilityday2007. For connection information, please visit http://www.temple.edu/webhelp Agenda soon to be postedhttp://www.worldusabilityday.org/

AGENDA

8:30am:
Continental Breakfast

9:00am:
Presentation: World Usability Day Introduction
Speaker: Karl Horvath, Ph.D., Temple University Computer Services

9:15am:
Presentation: Keynote Presentation Limiting Factors in Usability
Speaker: Jack Bellis, Usability Expert and Author

10:00am BREAK

10:15am:
Presentation: Enabling Students, Teachers, and Administrators: The ACIT Lab
Speaker: Lori Baily, Director of IT for Temple University College of Education

10:30am:
Presentation: Presence and Usability
Speaker: Matthew Lombard, Ph.D., President, International Society of Presence Research

10:45:
Presentation: Less is More: Writing for Usable Web sites
Speaker: Carissa DuPuy, Web Designer and Art Director Temple University Computer Services

11:00am BREAK

11:15am
Presentation: Usability Perspectives on Search Engine Optimization
Speaker: Sharaf Atakhanov - Senior Media Developer, Temple University Fox School of Business and Certified Usability Engineer

11:30am
Presentation: Usability and Rich Media
Speaker: Ryan Saunders, Senior Media Developer Temple University Computer Services

11:45am
Presentation: Web 2.0 and Cool Tools: Web Usability
Speaker: Mark Rose, Information Systems Specialist, Temple University Computer Services

12:00pm
Presentation: World Usability Day Closing Remarks
Speaker: Karl Horvath, Ph.D.