TAILIEUCHUNG - DELIVERING HEALTH EDUCATION VIA THE WEB: DESIGN AND FORMATIVE EVALUATION OF A DISCOURSE-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

For example, despite a lack of prenatal care that parallels that of African-Americans, Latina mothers are far less likely to deliver low birth-weight babies with medical complications. Researchers hypothesize that this is because of healthy behaviors (avoidance of alcohol, non-smoking, high consumption of fruits and vegetables) that are more common in immigrant Latino cultures. Researchers can pinpoint health disparities among communities, but they are also beginning to recognize the wealth of healthy traditions that other cultures have to offer. We all have much to learn from one another. . | Delivering Health Education via the Web Design and Formative Evaluation . . . DELIVERING HEALTH EDUCATION VIA THE WEB DESIGN AND FORMATIVE EVALUATION OF A DISCOURSE-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT 1Lori Lockyer John Patterson and Barry Harper Faculty of Education University of Wollongong Australia. email lori_lockyer@ email john_patterson@ email barry_harper@ ABSTRACT Constructivist learning theory suggests that important components of the learning process are learner interaction and discourse. The nature of health education is such that emphasis is placed on discussion of health attitudes beliefs values and behaviours as a key instructional strategy. It follows then that health education learning environments designed using constructivist learning principles and employing instructional strategies that allow for learner discourse and interaction should contribute to knowledge construction and attitude change. The rapid development of the World Wide Web and its increasing use for educational purposes provides a unique medium for such a learning environment. This increasing utilisation of the Web particularly in the tertiary setting allows instructors to explore ways of taking advantage of the Web s potential to provide for learning experiences that go beyond that possible in the traditional classroom environment. Enhancements to the tertiary learning experience that can be realised with Web technologies include 1 direct access to a variety of international resources on a broad range of topics 2 access to a learning environment that is not limited to scheduled lecture and tutorial hours 3 opportunities for a variety of learning activities including small group discussion and collaborative projects and 4 exposure to and a forum for expressing and discussing different beliefs and attitudes. However while a number of tertiary institutions are now incorporating these enhancements with Web pages and Web-based instruction in subjects there is .

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