Abstract:

University students are used to employ social networks as the main source not only of communication but also information acquisition. Much of the knowledge in the field of Nutrition and Health is acquired through so-called "influencers" supposed experts in nutrition. This makes, sometimes, difficult for the University professors to teach the students to instil concepts about Nutrition based on evidence and to dismantle the myths and Nutrition-related fake news that are currently circulating on the networks.

For that reason, the DigiNut teaching innovation project emerged. This project aims to promote the self-learning and reinforce concepts in the field of Nutrition and Health through the use of digital tools such as Formative Pills which are short videos where the students adopt an active role to build their own learning showing competences in the context of a specific subject at the same time that the students learn to identify truthful information, based on scientific evidence, available in various media. The DigiNut project is an inter-Campus Project (Melilla-Granada, Spain) from the Department of Nutrition and Food Science coordinated from Melilla Campus. In this project, 7 University professors who teach 9 different subjects related to Nutrition and Health are involved.

For the achievement of the project, the students who agree to participate in the project must prepare short videos (Formative Pills) on pre-established topics that generate controversy. A co-evaluation will be carried out as an active learning activity to assess the results of the activities carried out by the students. All videos derived from the project will be hosted on a blog from the University of Granada to promote the transmission of knowledge and the continuity of the project. At the end of the experience, a validated questionnaire to assess the transversal key competences acquired by the University students who participated in the DigiNut teaching innovation project will be employed.

With this Project, we expect University students to facilitate the memory and understanding of information, to promote collaborative learning, critical thinking and socialization and integration, as well as oral communication skills for scientific dissemination so necessary for the correct performance of their profession as health professionals.

Acknowledgments:
We would like to acknowledge the “Unidad de calidad, innovación docente y prospectiva” from the University of Granada for the concession of the DigiNut project (Code num. 20-58).

Keywords:

DigiNut Project, Teaching innovation project, Formative Pills, University student, Transversal key competences, Nutrition and Health.