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Student Presentation

**Tsunami Preparedness Web-based Module for International Students in University of Hawaii**
Liu Liu, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, liuliu@hawaii.edu

When students from all over the world come to Hawaii, they are not necessarily prepared with the knowledge to handle a tsunami. The purpose of this instructional design project is to develop and evaluate a web-based instructional module about tsunami preparedness for international students at the University of Hawaii. A total of 12 research participants took part in this study, the results of the study showed a 32% increase in pre- to post-test scores. Participants also evaluated the module in terms of relevancy and effectiveness, and data was collected measuring knowledge gained through participation. Overall the participants found the module to be useful for future and reported favorably about the images, videos and interactive applets. Future improvements of the module include encouraging participants to use the translation tool on the website, adding other natural disaster types into the module and redesigning the module for broader audience.

All Audiences online learning, web module, instructional design, disaster preparedness, international students,