Challenges and opportunities to eLearning in social work education: perspectives from Spain and the United States

Racovita-Szilagyi, Laura; Muñoz, Domingo Carbonero; Diaconu, Mioara

doi:10.1080/13691457.2018.1461066

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“…In particular, we were able to consider seven written reports by colleagues across Italy; we conducted a few interviews with student representatives and social work academics; finally, we analyzed comments on Facebook groups involving social work students and professionals. Similarly to other countries where e-learning is not developed (Racovita-Szilagyi et al, 2018), most social work academics found the switch to online teaching highly demanding. First, most social work courses do not have permanent staff, since the vast majority are social workers employed in other settings, contracted by universities to teach specific classes.…”

Section: Connecting Students Teachers and Practitioners During The Lmentioning

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‘A Community no matter what’: fostering social work professional connections in Italy in COVID-19 times

Fargion¹,

Sanfelici

Sicora³

2020

Social Work Education

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated socioeconomic crisis are posing unprecedented challenges both globally and locally, raising many unknowns and imposing difficult trade-offs. One of the side effects of this pandemic, with the ensuing physical distancing rules and quarantine, has been the condition of isolation that is affecting vulnerable populations disproportionately across the world. Against this background, one of the major tasks for social work is to keep up connections, find new ways to sustain relations and networks, and mitigate against inescapable feelings of loneliness and their consequences. Social workers themselves are affected personally and professionally by this crisis, facing new living and working conditions. They experience feelings of uncertainty, fear, and the risk of isolation. The aim of this paper is to present examples of practices intended to promote a sense of community, as such a shared emotion can support present and future social workers. These examples serve to underline how, now more than ever, a central challenge for social work is to strengthen the professional community, find ways to overcome isolation and 'to take care of those who care'.

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Section: Connecting Students Teachers and Practitioners During The Lmentioning

confidence: 98%

‘A Community no matter what’: fostering social work professional connections in Italy in COVID-19 times

Fargion¹,

Sanfelici

Sicora³

2020

Social Work Education

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“…The international literature is evident when talking about the main benefits of this study method and that it also has a much wider audience than face-to-face study, as its positive aspects include the ability to combine personal, work and academic lives ( Chau, 2010 ; García Soto, García López & Lozano Rodríguez, 2020 ). We must consider that many students would not be able to access higher education if it were not for this option ( Lin, Chen & Liu, 2017 ; Racovita-Szilagyi et al, 2018 ), which also represents a measure of attention to the diversity of the student body.…”

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Online education in higher education: emerging solutions in crisis times

Batanero

Rueda

Fernández‐Cerero

et al. 2022

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“…However, participation of these students in learning experiences requiring hands-on real-world engagements, remains challenging (Wilson, 2019). Additionally, Racovita-Szilagyi et al (2018) indicate the need for research to evaluate pedagogies in this context. Challenge-based learning (CBL) emerged as innovative pedagogy that actively engages students in real-world problems in their living environments (Lozano-Rodríguez et al , 2019).…”

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Using real-world engagements for sustainability learning in ODeL in the Global South: challenges and opportunities

Pretorius

Carow

Wilson

et al. 2021

IJSHE

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Purpose This paper aims to showcase and critically review the value of selected pedagogies in which real-world engagements are used to enhance sustainability learning in an open, distance and e-learning (ODeL) context in the Global South. The paper considers opportunities, issues, alternatives and implementation guidelines. Design/methodology/approach The School of Ecological and Human Sustainability (University of South Africa) serves as case study, with blended and fully online learning used as examples of pedagogies. The assessment of these pedagogies uses examples of learning activities and exercises, critical reflections on feedback by lecturers and students and consideration against criteria for real-world learning. Findings The experiences showcased illustrate that despite challenges in ODeL, real-world engagements can be used successful as pedagogy for sustainability learning in the Global South context. Limited access to ICTs can be mitigated through mobile technologies and free and open software applications, as illustrated by the examples in this paper. Research limitations/implications The case study approach and qualitative methodology present limitations, with focus on only two examples. However, significant depth is achieved with the assessment of these examples, while the recommendations and lessons learnt can be applied in other contexts, thus expanding on the knowledge and experience in this field. Originality/value This paper showcases innovative approaches to incorporate real-world engagements for sustainability learning in ODeL. Application of real-world engagements in ODeL in the Global South context is original and addresses the need for teaching and learning strategies responding to the digital divide and contributing to expand access to higher education and an Afrocentric discourse to best practice.

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Challenges and opportunities to eLearning in social work education: perspectives from Spain and the United States

Cited by 17 publications

References 32 publications

‘A Community no matter what’: fostering social work professional connections in Italy in COVID-19 times

‘A Community no matter what’: fostering social work professional connections in Italy in COVID-19 times

Online education in higher education: emerging solutions in crisis times

Using real-world engagements for sustainability learning in ODeL in the Global South: challenges and opportunities

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