The development of e-health may provide powerful tools to improve health, but users’ health literacy plays a role in their ability to make the most of e-health applications. This study reviewed research focused on e-health and health literacy, using content analysis to assess 95 articles from 2000 to 2010 to provide an overview of work done in this emerging field. Articles were coded for use of...

A challenge facing computer literacy classes is the proper course content level. The challenge is to take the students to a higher level academically but without driving them away because they feel an “easy” course has become “hard.” Accepting this challenge, we have moved the database portion of the computer literacy class beyond keystrokes (rote learning) to data modeling using the spreadshee...

Background: Neglecting self-care behaviors is considered an important factor contributing to mortality among diabetic patients. According to Bandura’s Social-Cognitive Theory, there is a close relationship between individual performance and self-efficacy. Moreover, access to health-related information or health literacy can affect health status. Aim: To investigate the relationship between heal...

This literature review provides an overview of research into technology and literacy for children aged 0-8 in educational settings from 2003-2009. The paper begins by exploring the different assumptions about the role of digital texts that underpin the studies considered, identifying three loose categories of studies which position technology as: deliverer of literacy; site for interaction arou...

This paper introduces a model for creating information literacy learning activities that motivate students. The model draws from informed learning, an approach to information literacy that emphasizes the role that information plays in fostering learning about a subject. Self-determination theory, a motivational theory that focuses on enabling self-determined learners, is applied within the info...

This article focuses on recognizing similarities and differences between print and digital literacy in the field of education since the 1980’s. The author found that many books and peer-reviewed articles agreed that both forms of literacy are social constructions of thought used to help humans read and write in the world. Literature suggests more work must be completed in the field of literacy ...

It is often assumed by universities that entry-level students possess the skills necessary to use computing facilities effectively. Yet computer literacy amongst Indigenous students remains unacceptably low. In this paper a design for a computer literacy course is presented which endeavours to affirm the cultural values and identity of Indigenous students. It does this by drawing on Indigenous ...

We empirically evaluated three theoretical models—the threshold hypothesis, transfer theory, and time-on-task theory—for educatingEnglish language learners (ELLs), with a focus on the role of language factors in explaining achievement differences amongELLs. Participantswere 196 sixth graderswithSpanish languagebackgrounds who started learning English in kindergarten and then were continuously e...

This article addresses the notion of teaching about games as a cultural medium in their own right. This includes critical analyses of existing texts but also involves enabling students to create their own. Implications of this approach are discussed and concrete, research-based examples are provided. A more theoretical discussion of the notion of game literacy and the principles on which this a...

Health is no longer defined by the narrow ‘germ theory’ of disease; the holistic approach has recognized that health is multifactorial 1 . In addition, the link between education and health is now well established, and growth in literacy rates, particularly among women, has been shown to have a positive impact on health 2 . The 2006 Nepal Demographic Health Survey showed large discrepancies in ...