Abstract: This article describes the implementation of an online peer network for social work traineeship students pursuing or continuing careers in child welfare. Literature on best principles and practices for facilitating an online community is reviewed, and an explanation of how these best practices were used is provided. Initial program design and program developments, which took place over four years, are described. An overview of the evaluation data and how the program evaluation was carried out is presented. The article concludes with a discussion about successes and challenges experienced in building the peer network and further research needed to understand benefits of the use of online communities and social media in social work ...
This practice analysis evaluates an extra curricular opportunity provided to undergraduate occupatio...
This study details the typical user profile of visitors to the Social Work Access Network (SWAN) web...
In 2010, 34 pre-service teachers at Deakin University were invited to use Web 2.0 technologies to su...
This paper reports on the use of web-based social networking to support social work students on plac...
The Practice Education Network for Social Work (PENSW) is an online resource for networking and shar...
Personal social networks are often crucial in understanding the generation of social problems and fo...
Debate has arisen in social work about the value of online education, with proponents providing exam...
Evidence suggests that peer-assisted learning schemes on campus help students to establish social ne...
For many social work educators, the debate about whether social work education should be delivered u...
Almost half of social work students enter their program with a history of mental health diagnosis an...
This study uses social network analysis to examine the patterns of student interactions in online pe...
Social media provides a relatively new way to study social work. In this article, we describe an exp...
The Department of Social Work School of Human and Community Development Faculty of Humanities ...
The design and conceptualisation of online learning environments for work-related, professional lear...
Abstract: This article reports on a clinical research methods course taught online to a total of 90 ...
This practice analysis evaluates an extra curricular opportunity provided to undergraduate occupatio...
This study details the typical user profile of visitors to the Social Work Access Network (SWAN) web...
In 2010, 34 pre-service teachers at Deakin University were invited to use Web 2.0 technologies to su...
This paper reports on the use of web-based social networking to support social work students on plac...
The Practice Education Network for Social Work (PENSW) is an online resource for networking and shar...
Personal social networks are often crucial in understanding the generation of social problems and fo...
Debate has arisen in social work about the value of online education, with proponents providing exam...
Evidence suggests that peer-assisted learning schemes on campus help students to establish social ne...
For many social work educators, the debate about whether social work education should be delivered u...
Almost half of social work students enter their program with a history of mental health diagnosis an...
This study uses social network analysis to examine the patterns of student interactions in online pe...
Social media provides a relatively new way to study social work. In this article, we describe an exp...
The Department of Social Work School of Human and Community Development Faculty of Humanities ...
The design and conceptualisation of online learning environments for work-related, professional lear...
Abstract: This article reports on a clinical research methods course taught online to a total of 90 ...
This practice analysis evaluates an extra curricular opportunity provided to undergraduate occupatio...
This study details the typical user profile of visitors to the Social Work Access Network (SWAN) web...
In 2010, 34 pre-service teachers at Deakin University were invited to use Web 2.0 technologies to su...