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Ergonomia: agefriendlydesign
Design of age friendly workplaces

Design of age friendly workplaces
Enrollment is Closed

MOOC

6 semanas. Ver detalles del curso..

Enrollment is Closed

Length

6 weeks Self-Paced.

About this course

European workers are ageing. By 2030, workers aged over 55 are expected to make up 30% or more of the total workforce in many EU countries. This creates challenges for employees, employers and businesses. This course is designed to illustrate some of the issues, to promote discussion and to lead to healthier and more productive workplaces as they address the challenges of an ageing workforce.

Course features

  • The course is structured in four modules. Each module consists of one or more sessions. Sessions are divided in units.
  • Course documentation is mainly in English (Video transcripts are available in English and Spanish but audio recordings are in Spanish).

What will I learn

After the course, you will be able to:
  • Know the concept and areas of application of ergonomics.
  • Be aware of which are the main ergonomics risks at the workplaces and which are their consequences.
  • Identify the main changes in functional capacity of aged people, and how it can affect to the performance at the workplace.
  • Know the relation between age and musculoskeletal disorders.
  • Assess work environments following ergonomics principles.
  • Consider the workers capabilities and the work demands to assign tasks to older workers.
  • Know the ergonomic criteria in the design of workplaces and work environments.
  • Consider the age factor in the design and adaptation of workplaces.

Course Goals

The aim of this course is to provide ergonomic tools, recommendations and design criteria with the aim of improving health, comfort and efficiency of aged workers. The course will also give professionals the necessary knowledge to assess workplaces taking into account the older workers, and the criteria to design or to propose improvements at workplaces. All this information is articulated from the perspective of ergonomics, with the aim of adjusting products and environments to the capabilities of aged people.

The specific objectives of the course are the following:
  • To know the areas of application of ergonomics.
  • To define the concept of active ageing.
  • To study the basic ergonomic criteria to consider in design of workplaces.
  • To study the impact of ageing on the balance between physical workload and physical capacity of workers.
  • To know the most important changes in functional capacity of aged people and how it can affect to the performance at workplace, when the Ergonomics criteria are applied in the design of the workplaces.

Units

  1. Course Welcome
  2. Module 1. Ergonomics
  3. Module 2. Aged workers
  4. Module 3. Workplace ergonomics risk assessment
  5. Module 4. Ergonomic criteria. General recommendations
  6. Course conclusion

Teachers

Mr. Alberto Ferreras

Degree in Industrial Psychology. Degree in Social Work. Job Risk Prevention Technician (Ergonomics and Psychosociology specialist). He develops his job since 1993 at the Institute of Biomechanics of Valencia (IBV) as a Senior Researcher. He has participated and conducted R+D projects in several national and European calls (AAL, Leonardo da Vinci, CIP-ICT, Erasmus+, Avanza, etc.). He has published several articles and books in national and international publications. His current functions are related to the development of projects, assessment and training about ergonomics, adaptation of workplaces for disabled people, evaluation of job risks and design of furniture, ICT products and other equipment for people with special needs.

Mrs Rakel Poveda

Master in Social Welfare. Degree in Social Work and Social Gerontology (Universitat de València). She works since 1993, as Senior Reasearcher, at the Institute of Biomechanics of Valencia (IBV). Since 2014, She is assistant Professor at the Social Work Department of the Universitat de València. She has participated and conducted R+D projects in several national and European calls (AAL, CIP-ICT, Avanza, Plan Nacional). She has published several articles and books in national and international publications. She works in the area of ageing and people with disabilities with especial focus on: characterization of the assistive technologies users and their problematic, as well as the development of methodologies for user-friendly design and accessibility.

Mr Pierre Gillois

MD, MPH, PhD. Université Grenoble Alpes - Univ Joseph Fourrier. Grenoble Alpes University Hospital. Expert in Human-computer Interaction, Data Mining and Medical Technology.

Enrollment is Closed

MOOC es el acrónimo en inglés de Massive Online Open Course (que puede traducirse como Curso masivo abierto online).

Las siglas MOOC se utilizan para referirse a una iniciativa que comenzó en 2011 con un curso de Introducción a la Inteligencia artificial de la Universidad de Stanford en el que se inscribieron 160.000 estudiantes de 190 países, y que se ha convertido ya en un movimiento global al que se han incorporado las mejores universidades del mundo con la creación de diversas plataformas MOOC y miles de cursos que comparten un objetivo: proporcionar acceso gratuito a una formación superior de calidad a cualquiera que tenga una conexión a internet.

Los MOOCs están basados en la integración de tecnologías que existen desde hace tiempo en Internet: el vídeo en red, la evaluación automática a distancia y los foros de preguntas y respuestas en la web. Pero es ahora cuando los usuarios se han acostumbrado a usar el vídeo en red y las redes sociales en su día a día en Internet, lo que facilita que se creen comunidades de alumnos situados en cualquier parte del mundo que comparten conocimientos y experiencias y se ayudan en el proceso de aprendizaje, dándole a la formación online un nuevo enfoque colaborativo. Esto, unido a la disponibilidad de acceso a los cursos MOOC en cualquier momento y desde cualquier lugar en donde se tenga acceso a Internet, ha permitido crear una nueva comunidad global de estudiantes.

Los MOOCs de UPV[X] están diseñados para ayudarte a aprender trabajando a tu ritmo de forma independiente y proporcionarte el apoyo de la comunidad de aprendizaje si te hace falta.

Para ello los MOOCs están estructurados en módulos que suelen corresponder a una semana de trabajo (aunque no siempre es así). Los módulos se estructuran en lecciones con un vídeo, que dura normalmente entre 3 y 10 minutos, y una pregunta de refuerzo al final para ayudarte a fijar su contenido. Las lecciones están orientadas a tratar un concepto (o un número reducido de ellos) de forma que sean lo más atómicas que sea posible.

Los cursos MOOC de UPV[X] pueden tener distintos esquemas de evaluación, pero lo habitual es que al terminar cada módulo haya un examen (normalmente tipo test) que te permitirá comprobar tu evolución y fijar los conocimientos, y que cuenta en cierto porcentaje para la evaluación final. Con ello tendrás una realimentación frecuente de tu progreso que te permitirá ir mejorar tu proceso de aprendizaje.

Al acabar el MOOC habrá a un examen final para evaluar si has alcanzado los objetivos de aprendizaje que contará en un porcentaje mayor para la evaluación final.

En los MOOC también hay un foro de debate moderado por el equipo del curso donde los alumnos pueden consultar sus dudas sobre el contenido del curso y comentar aquellas cosas que les parezcan interesantes. El acceso a una comunidad online de internautas con tus mismos intereses y que están aprendiendo a la vez enriquece la experiencia del curso.

Esperamos sinceramente que disfrutes de nuestros MOOCs y aprendas con nosotros