Open AccessUsing Technology to Evaluate a Web-Based Clinical Social Work Research Course
Author(s) -
Zvi D. Gellis
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
advances in social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2331-4125
pISSN - 1527-8565
DOI - 10.18060/56
Subject(s) - social work , medical education , qualitative research , work (physics) , accreditation , perspective (graphical) , subject (documents) , online course , pedagogy , psychology , computer science , sociology , world wide web , medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering , social science , artificial intelligence , economics , economic growth
This article reports on a clinical research methods course taught online toa total of 90 off-campus MSW students in the fall of 1999, 2000, and 2001. The coursewas taught in a mid-size public university in a CSWE-accredited School of SocialWork. The purpose of the course was to teach single subject design research skills forthe evaluation of clinical social work practice. The student experience of the onlinecourse was assessed using qualitative interviews that add a deeper, textured understandingof the various facets of online instruction from the learner's perspective.Important dimensions for social work instruction in online courseware were delineated.A collaborative learning and teaching framework is presented for those socialwork educators interested in implementing web-based courses.