Online and Distance Social Work Education
Online and Distance Social Work Education: Current Practice and Future Trends provides a comprehensive presentation of the evolution, current status and future direction of distance learning and online education in the social work profession.
Documenting the current state-of-the-art, this book demonstrates the power of distance learning and online technology and addresses future trends in web-based social work education. Written by widely recognized experts, the chapters represent an authoritative statement of the present state-of-the-art in the application of technology to contemporary social work education. The insights of these experts will be of great interest to students and faculty in the 798 accredited social work programs in the United States. They are creating a revolution in the profession which will forever change the nature of education for professional practice.
Authored by widely recognized educators on the cutting edge of technological innovation, this text will be relevant to social work students and educators in baccalaureate, masters and doctoral programs in the USA and internationally.
The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of Teaching in Social Work.
Paul A. Kurzman, Ph.D., ACSW, is a Professor of Social Work at Hunter College, USA, and Professor of Social Welfare at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA, where he teaches policy and practice in the MSW and Ph.D. programs. He is an Author/ Editor of 10 books and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Teaching in Social Work.
Melissa B. Littlefield, Ph.D., LGSW, is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Master of Social Work Department at Morgan State University, Baltimore, USA. She is a recognized expert on multiculturalism, race, ethics and computer technology.
Online and Distance Social Work Education
Current Practice and Future Trends
Edited by
Paul A. Kurzman & Melissa B. Littlefield
First published 2020
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Contents
PART I
An Overview and Perspective
Melissa B. Littlefield
Paul A. Kurzman
PART II
Emergent Paradigms
Tami Micsky and Leonora Foels
Jennifer A. Parga, Kathy Bargar, Steve Monte, Ruth A. Supranovich, andDanielle E. Brown
Dennis Myers, Jon Singletary, Rob Rogers, Jim Ellor, and Sidney Barham
Rachael A. Richter
Beverly Araujo Dawson and Judy Fenster
PART III
Ethical and Diversity Considerations
Janet M. Joiner
Melanie Reyes and Elizabeth A. Segal
Jeanna Jacobsen
Jennifer Spitz
PART IV
Strategies for Engagement
Benjamin R. Malczyk
Jason S. McKinney
Janet M. Joiner and Debra Patterson
Irene Carter, Thecla Damianakis, Sharon Munro, Hannah Skinner,
Sumaiya Matin, and Tanya Nash Andrews
Mary Secret, Christopher Jennings Ward, and Ananda Newmark
Raymond Sanchez Mayers, Rachel Schwartz, Laura Curran, and Fontaine H. Fulghum
PART V
Tools for Assessment and Administration
Melissa B. Littlefield, Karen Rubinstein, and Cynthia Brown Laveist
Johanna Creswell Bez, Matthea Marquart, Rebecca Yae-Eun Chung, Delia Ryan, and Kristin Garay
Michael Campbell, Eileen Mazur Abel, and Robert Lucio
Nicky Stanley-Clarke, Awhina English, and Polly Yeung
Laura Curran, Ray Sanchez Mayers, and Fontaine Fulghum
The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of Teaching in Social Work. When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Chapter 1
An Introduction: Reimagining Social Work Education for the Digital Age
Melissa B. Littlefield
Journal of Teaching in Social Work, volume 39, issue 45 (2019) pp. 285
Chapter 2
The Current Status of Social Work Online and Distance Education
Paul A. Kurzman
Journal of Teaching in Social Work, volume 39, issue 45 (2019) pp. 292
Chapter 3
Community of Inquiry (CoI): A Framework for Social Work Distance Educators
Tami Micsky and Leonora Foels
Journal of Teaching in Social Work, volume 39, issue 45 (2019) pp. 307
Chapter 4
Beyond the Online Versus On-Campus Debate: Leveraging Technology in a CoI Framework to Enhance Student and Faculty Presence in the MSW Classroom
Jennifer A. Parga, Kathy Bargar, Steve Monte, Ruth A. Supranovich, and Danielle E. Brown
Journal of Teaching in Social Work, volume 39, issue 45 (2019) pp. 322
Chapter 5
A Synchronous Online Social Work PhD Program: Educational Design and Student/ Faculty Response
Dennis Myers, Jon Singletary, Rob Rogers, Jim Ellor, and Sidney Barham
Journal of Teaching in Social Work, volume 39, issue 45 (2019) pp. 343
Chapter 6
Reflections of an Online Social Work Professor: Illuminating an Alternative Pedagogy
Rachael A. Richter
Journal of Teaching in Social Work, volume 39, issue 45 (2019) pp. 344360
Chapter 7
Web-Based Social Work Courses: Guidelines for Developing and Implementing an Online Environment
Beverly Araujo Dawson and Judy Fenster
Journal of Teaching in Social Work, volume 35, issue 4 (2015) pp. 365377
Chapter 8
Digital Ethics in Social Work Education
Janet M. Joiner
Journal of Teaching in Social Work
