THE ERGONOMICS OF THE EDUCATIONAL VIRTUAL SPACE USED IN ENGINEERING

In an educational virtual space/environment, different people cooperate in order to achieve the objectives of an elearning programme. The educational virtual space is a substitute of the traditional class, involving a real teacher and instructional materials used in the teaming process, The teaming process is a mental and complex process, which is still being deliberated. Ergonomics is the science that studies the impact of the environment over humans. In the virtual spaces designed for the teaming process, there take place complex, difficult to control activities. So, ergonomics plays a major role in the rated capacity of the elearning process. In this paper, the authors debate the problem of the educational virtual spaces' ergonomics, especially in the field of the engineering sciences. Considering the ergonomic rules of working on the Internet, the authors discuss the aspects of the ergonomic criteria for designing educational sites, as well as the benefits of the ergonomic interfaces. They also present a prototype site developed to teach the discipline "Computer Graphics".