Search

This paper describes the design, development, pilot, and revision of a predominantly web-based macro social work practice course on administrative skills required for all MSW students at Michigan State University, a Research I, land grant university. The course was intentionally developed in stages, first in a face-to-face (F2F) and interactive video (ITV) setting and then predominantly online after content revision and update. The course uses streamed videotaped lectures as a central teaching format, with extensive use of discussion boards and other interactive tools. The contributions made by the F2F and ITV iteration will be highlighted, along with lessons learned from multiple online replications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A social services department in the United Kingdom established a web portal and provided resources to enable agencies to publish their own pages on the Internet. Numerous web features were available, but few agencies utilized them. The portal is described, features identified, and several explanatory factors that may explain variance in uptake are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social work courses and programs delivered with distance technologies continue to increase in number. This article reports on current social work education research on distance courses and programs, and makes recommendations for future distance education research. Distance education research in other fields is described to give context for, social work efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]