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A Systematic Approach to Teaching Health Education Students to Design Social Networking Sites (SNSs)
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, , 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.

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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 .

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