Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eAHEvk918973; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:57:46 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:57:46 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <87.300617c.2746a080@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Dwyoho@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:2727] Re: teaching techniques X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Unknown sub 171 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_87.300617c.2746a080_boundary" Status: OR Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kristina--Out Health Literacy Network recently tackled a similiar need in the area of diabetes education. We opted to make a video for patients to take home. It is now being piloted in a free clinic. The script was written by a 4th year medical student with intensive involvement by the Literacy Council, and the taping done in university facilities through the USC medical school The only expense was $48 to make duplicate tapes, also done at the USC media lab. I'll keep the list appraised of the results of the pilot. Your posting prompts me to comment that some information lends itself to audio-visual, while other information is best conveyed via live demonstration, and still other information can be written for low literacy audiences. The key is to think through, thoroughly, what information is best delivered how. You may need a variety of opportunities/techniques to do the job. Connect with a literacy expert is my best advice, after you have concluded the most difficult job of all--determining what is essential and what is merely important.
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