Integrating Computer Content into Social Work Curricula: A Model for Planning

SUMMARY. While recent CSWE standards focus on the need for in-cluding more relevant technological content in social work curricula, they do not offer guidance regarding how it is to be assessed and selected. So-cial work educators are in need of an analytic model of computerization to help them understand which technologies are most appropriate and rele-vant to the professional development of social work students. This article develops a flexible model that can be used by faculty to assess, develop, and evaluate computer content in their curricula. The model presents a cost-effective approach that takes into account the enormous flux and pace of change in the computer industry. [Article copies available for a fe