Learning Exercise
ICT Literacy for eHealth
This activity introduces learners to a variety of resources on eHealth, which can inform their work in incorporating health literacy into their services.
- Material:
- eHealthStrategies
- Date last modified:
- April 29, 2016
- Created by:
- Lesley Farmer
- License:
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eHealthStrategies.com links to resources and knowledge about e-health and related topics, an area distinguished by the... see more
Exercise
Health literacy has always been important, but even more so now with so much technology. Health professionals need to be able to help their clientele have the skills to be ehealth literate.
1. From http://www.ehealthstrategies.com/, choose one book/document to read.
2. Identify the ICT literacy skills (see http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/nursing and http://wikis.ala.org/acrl/index.php/Information_Literacy_in_Public_Health ) needed for individuals to be health literate. Also identify ICT strategies mentioned in the document to help foster health literacy.
3. Drawing upon the above information, create a digital product that helps teach health literacy (e.g., infographic, video, podcast, presentation (PPT), wiki, webpage) .
Audience
Technical Notes
Internet connectivity, technologies to create a digital product that helps teach health literacy, tech ability
Requirements
Essay that summarizes the read document, identifies the ICT literacy skills needed for individuals to be health literate, and ICT strategies mentioned in the document to help foster health literacy.
A digital product that helps teach health literacy.
Topics
ICT literacy, health literacy, information literacy, digital literacy
Type of Task
Learning Objectives
Identify ICT literacy skills needed for individuals to be health literate.
Identify ICT strategies mentioned in the document to help foster health literacy.
Create a digital product that helps teach health literacy.
Assessment
Essay criteria: accurate articulate summary, identification of ICT literacy skills and strategies
Digital product criteria: quality of content, technical quality and appropriateness, appropriate integration of ICT literacy and health literacy skills