HEALTH EDUCATION THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR K-8 STUDENTS: CELL BIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND MICROSCOPY

Within the context of health education through information and communication technologies (ICT), software on different aspects and subspecialties of health has been developed by senior students and lecturers at the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies at Anadolu University. The study briefly abstracts the evolution of health education, articulates its relationship with ICT, provides pedagogical implications, and introduces readers to a computer program, which helps learners develop an understanding of cells, organelles and bacteria along with their structures and functions.