A Systematic Approach to Teaching Health Education Students to Design Social Networking Sites (SNSs)
PROCEEDINGS
Diane Hamilton-Hancock, Leaunda Hemphill, Western Illinois University, United States
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in San Diego, CA, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-78-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
With globalization of information dissemination and emerging technologies, the Internet is increasingly being used for obtaining health information. Therefore, academic training of pre-service health educators must involve the production of trustworthy, evidence based information centered upon an accurate understanding of how the public uses websites. This paper outlines an instructional modality used to teach graduate health education students to develop health-related online social networking sites. Strategies are provided for aiding students in selecting credible, information for inclusion in their SNS and sequenced instructions for using photo and video features, slide presentations, blogs, graphics, hyperlinks, informational text boxes, and hyperlinks in website design. Discussion will also focus on how students used their peer-to-peer blogs to critique others’ SNSs, acquire new facts and relevant information, improve their layout and design, and expand their resource base.
Citation
Hamilton-Hancock, D. & Hemphill, L. (2010). A Systematic Approach to Teaching Health Education Students to Design Social Networking Sites (SNSs). In D. Gibson & B. Dodge (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2010--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 516-519). San Diego, CA, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/33390/.
Keywords
References
View References & Citations Map- Bonnafice, L., & Green, L. (2007). Finding a new kind of knowledge on the Heartnet website. Health Information& Libraries Journal. 24 (1): 67-76.
- Boyd, D.M. & Ellison, N.B. (2007). Social network sites: Definition, history, and scholarship. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 13(1), article 11. Retrieved at http://jcmc.edu/vol13/issue/boyd.ellison.html.
- Braithwaite, D.O., Waldron, V.R., & Finn, J. (1999). Communication of social support in computer-mediated groups for people with disabilities. Health Communication, 11: 123-151
- Cline, R.J.W. (1999). Communication in social groups. In Frey, L., Gouran, D. And Poole, S. (eds.), Handbook of Small Group Communication. Sage: Thousand Oaks, CA, PP. 516-538.
- Fox, S., & Jones, S. (2009, June). The social life of health information. Retrieved October 17, 2009, from http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/8-The-Social-Life-of-Health-Information.aspx?r=1.
- Murphy, J., & Moulaison, H. (2009). Social networking literacy competencies for librarians: Exploring considerations and engaging participation. In Associations of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 14th National
- White, M. & Dorman, S.M. (2001). Receiving social support online: Implications for health education. Health Education Research: Theory& Practice. 16: 693-707.
These references have been extracted automatically and may have some errors. Signed in users can suggest corrections to these mistakes.
Suggest Corrections to References