Online and Distance Social Work Education : Current Practice and Future Trends (Paperback)

Part I.  An Overview and Perspective

1. An Introduction: Reimagining Social Work Education for the Digital Age

2. The Current Status of Social Work Online and Distance Education

Part II.  Emergent Paradigms

3. Community of Inquiry (CoI): A Framework for Social Work Distance Educators

4. Beyond the Online Versus On-Campus Debate: Leveraging Technology in a CoI Framework to Enhance Student and Faculty Presence in the MSW Classroom

5. A Synchronous Online Social Work PhD Program: Educational Design and Student/ Faculty Response

6. Reflections of an Online Social Work Professor: Illuminating an Alternative Pedagogy

7. Web-Based Social Work Courses: Guidelines for Developing and Implementing an Online Environment

Part III. Ethical and Diversity Considerations 

8. Digital Ethics in Social Work Education

9. Globalization or Colonization in Online Education: Opportunity or Oppression?

10. Diversity and Difference in the Online Environment

11. The Teacher-Learner Relationship: Considerations for Social Work in the Digital Age.

Part IV.  Strategies for Engagement

12. Introducing Social Work to Hyflex Blended Learning: A Student-Centered Approach

13. Teacher as Client Therapy (TACT): A Model for Simulated Learning for Traditional and Online Delivery Models

14. VoiceThread as a Tool in Online BSW Education

15. Exploring Online and Blended Course Delivery in Social Group Work

16. Converting a Face-to-Face Introductory Research Methods Course to an Online Format: Pedagogical Issues and Technological Tools

17. Using A Virtual Agency to Teach Research

Part V.  Tools for Assessment and Administration

18. Designing for Quality: Distance Education Rubrics for Online MSW Programs

19. Developing and Supporting Faculty Training for Online Social Work Education: The Columbia University School of Social Work Online Pedagogy Institute

20. The One-Minute Paper as a Catalyst for Change in Online Pedagogy

21. Cutting the Distance in Distance Education: Reflections on the Use of E-Technologies in a New Zealand Social Work Program

22. Human Service Administrator Perceptions of Online MSW Degree Programs