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Learning for Life:

Raising Digital Health Literacy in BC

Elizabeth Stacy, Digital Emergency Medicine

Faculty of Medicine, UBC

Summer Institute August 25, 2016

Learning For Life

Educational tools for elementary students about Digital Health.

� Safe Internet use

� Technology use for health support

� Technology for chronic disease preventionand healthy lifestyle promotion

What Is Digital Health Literacy?

Being able to search for, find, understand, and assess quality health information using the Internet and use

that information to stay healthy.

Developing a foundation in Digital Health literacy at an early age will help children stay healthy for life.

Digital Emergency Medicine

Learning For Life

� Target Audience:� Grade 4-7 students and parents

� Topics� Digital Health literacy

� Sleep hygiene

� Health and wellness

� Mental health


Project Highlights

� Content and resources aligned with the BC new curriculum

� Developed in collaboration with students, teachers, and educators across BC

� Usability tests completed in four school across BC


Learning for Life: Components

� Toolkit for grade 4-7 teachers� Lesson plans

� In-class and take-home activities

� Resource lists

� Each lesson mapped to curriculum competencies

� Interactive online choose-your-own-adventure comic book for students� Digital Health literacy and sleep hygiene

� Peer support and mental wellness

� Feedback survey for teachers


At A Glance: Toolkit

� Digital Health literacy� Health

� Media

� Information

� Technology

� Science literacy

� Core competencies� Personal and social

� Critical thinking

� Communication


At A Glance: Activities

� In-class and take-home activities� Independent activities for students

� Activities involving family members


Digital Health and Youth

� Digital Health has great potential to reach and impact learning

� Tools are engaging and age appropriate� Mix of reality and fantasy� User control� Exploration


At A Glance: Comic Book

� Choose-your-own-adventure online comic books

http://bit.ly/UBClearningforlife


At A Glance: Comic Book

http://bit.ly/UBClearningforlife


Fall 2015 Pilot

� Feedback from students, parents, teachers, and administrators

� Aspenwood Elementary� Location: Coquitlam

� Grade: 4/5

� Number of students: 210

� École Squamish Elementary� Location: Squamish

� Grade: 5/6

� Number of students: 60


Spring 2016 Pilot

� Feedback from students, teachers, counsellors, administrators

� Sir Matthew BegbieElementary� Location: Vancouver� Grade: 4, 6/7� Number of students: 102

� Skaha Lake Middle School� Location: Penticton� Grade: 6,7� Number of students: 72


Teacher Experiences

“These are good lessons for any level of teaching.”

“The comic book was right in with what they love.”

“The mental health component is very useful. It’s not just about sleep, but can be linked to so many other areas.”

“This is a great way to involve parents and get them on the same page as their kids.”


Student Experiences

“The comic book gets you to make choices, be engaged, and learn more. It was better than having a teacher list all the ways you could

get more sleep.”

“I liked making choices. It was like a maze or puzzle and I was trying to figure out what choices were best for Ellen.”

“The comic book is a way of learning outside of school that lets you explore.”

“You learn stuff while you’re having fun, that’s good, that’s what you’re trying to do in school.”


Learning for Life: Ready for You!

� Download it!http://bit.ly/UBClearningforlife

� Share it

� District Pro-D

� PAC presentations


Questions?


Acknowledgements

� Private Foundation funding

� Learning for Life Advisory Committee� Special thanks to Steve Cairns, Michelle Cianfrone, Daniel Naiman

� Educators and administrators at Aspenwood Elementary, Squamish Elementary, Sir Matthew Begbie Elementary, SkahaLake Middle School

� Centre for Digital Media

� BC School Centred Mental Health CoalitionDigital Emergency Medicine

Acknowledgements

� Writer / Comic Artist, Armin Mortazavi� Programmer, Ronald Ho

� The Digital Emergency Medicine team� Helen Novak Lauscher� Travis Nagle� Anne-Marie Jamin� Christopher Yao� Kaitlin Atkinson� Sophia Khan


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