Today, I’m diving into a question that shaped my entire free inquiry project this term.How does online news coverage influence what people learn, and ultimately believe, about pandemics and vaccines?Over the past few weeks I have been researching everything from digital health literacy to parent vaccine decision making to what actually comes up when you…
Our research/brainstorming process for is down below! Our group members: Alexis Moore, Mya Brar, Chanelle Rid, and Anam. What is your distributed and open inquiry question? (For example, What is effective prompt engineering when using Generative AI tools? What is the timeline of progression of distributed learning tools through 2025? What are some best practices…
On March 11, 2020, a single sentence from the World Health Organization director rippled across the internet: “We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.” The statement further went on to state the alleged number of active cases and deaths and then highlighted the severity of the situation, “Pandemic…
Did you know it is actually quite difficult to find anti-vaccine websites if you simply type “anti-vaccination information” into Google. Also, if you ask Microsoft copilot to provide you with sites that are anti-vaccination it will tell you that it cannot help you as it does not spread misinformation. Personally I had no idea that…
For the past year I have volunteered in a children’s vaccine clinic here in Victoria. My tasks involve checking in the babies for their appointments, running the waiting room, conducting basic measurements on the babies including weight, height, and head circumference, and assisting parents with intake forms. Although those are my basic tasks I have…
Today’s investigation was based on the google search “Should I get vaccinated?” I chose to look into this question based on curiosity. I wanted to know if when the average person googles this do they receive pro or anti vaccine information. My assumption was there would be a mix of both. So – what have…
When it comes to making decisions about vaccines, especially for children, parents are faced with floods of information coming from a variety of sources. From doctors offices to google searches and from offical health campaigns to social media posts, where parents get their vaccine information can dramatically shape how they think and feel about immunization….
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