Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy

The knowledge existing in the World Wide Web is exponentially expanding, while continuous advancements in health sciences contribute to the creation of new knowledge. There are a lot of efforts trying to identify how the social connectivity can endorse patients' empowerment, while other studies...

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Main Authors: Konstantinidis, Stathis, Wharrad, Heather, Windle, Richard, Bamidis, Panagiotis
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Published: IOS Press 2017
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author Konstantinidis, Stathis
Wharrad, Heather
Windle, Richard
Bamidis, Panagiotis
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description The knowledge existing in the World Wide Web is exponentially expanding, while continuous advancements in health sciences contribute to the creation of new knowledge. There are a lot of efforts trying to identify how the social connectivity can endorse patients' empowerment, while other studies look at the identification and the quality of online materials. However, emphasis has not been put on the big picture of connecting the existing resources with the patients “new habits” of learning through their own Personal Learning Networks. In this paper we propose a framework for empowering patients' digital health literacy adjusted to patients' currents needs by utilizing the contemporary way of learning through Personal Learning Networks, existing high quality learning resources and semantics technologies for interconnecting knowledge pieces. The framework based on the concept of knowledge maps for health as defined in this paper. Health Digital Literacy needs definitely further enhancement and the use of the proposed concept might lead to useful tools which enable use of understandable health trusted resources tailored to each person needs
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spelling nottingham-456032020-05-04T18:54:24Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45603/ Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy Konstantinidis, Stathis Wharrad, Heather Windle, Richard Bamidis, Panagiotis The knowledge existing in the World Wide Web is exponentially expanding, while continuous advancements in health sciences contribute to the creation of new knowledge. There are a lot of efforts trying to identify how the social connectivity can endorse patients' empowerment, while other studies look at the identification and the quality of online materials. However, emphasis has not been put on the big picture of connecting the existing resources with the patients “new habits” of learning through their own Personal Learning Networks. In this paper we propose a framework for empowering patients' digital health literacy adjusted to patients' currents needs by utilizing the contemporary way of learning through Personal Learning Networks, existing high quality learning resources and semantics technologies for interconnecting knowledge pieces. The framework based on the concept of knowledge maps for health as defined in this paper. Health Digital Literacy needs definitely further enhancement and the use of the proposed concept might lead to useful tools which enable use of understandable health trusted resources tailored to each person needs IOS Press 2017-07-07 Article PeerReviewed Konstantinidis, Stathis, Wharrad, Heather, Windle, Richard and Bamidis, Panagiotis (2017) Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 238 . pp. 219-222. ISSN 1879-8365 eHealth literacy Personal learning environments in Health PLE service user http://ebooks.iospress.nl/volumearticle/46868 doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-781-8-219 doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-781-8-219
spellingShingle eHealth literacy
Personal learning environments in Health
PLE
service user
Konstantinidis, Stathis
Wharrad, Heather
Windle, Richard
Bamidis, Panagiotis
Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy
title Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy
title_full Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy
title_fullStr Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy
title_full_unstemmed Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy
title_short Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy
title_sort semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy
topic eHealth literacy
Personal learning environments in Health
PLE
service user
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