Web-Based Education in the Human Services

Models, Methods, and Best Practices

Richard Schoech, Brenda Moore, Robert James Macfadden, Marilyn Herie

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781317825135
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Computer Science General
• Index: Computer Science

A much-needed look at innovative and effective methods for creating virtual learning environments for human services

Web-Based Education in the Human Services reflects the vitality and diversity of Web-based courses currently delivered within human services. Unlike previous texts that have combined technologies such as Interactive Television (ITV) and two-way audio where Web involvement was minimal, this unique book focuses on Web-based models, tools, and techniques used in courses where the majority of the content is delivered online. The book's contributors emphasize the social aspects of learning, examining topical areas not usually associated with Web-based education as they remind us of the need to move beyond the similarities between WBE and face-to-face (FTF) approaches.

Web-Based Education in the Human Services documents a course delivery method coming of age in its desire to create virtual learning environments that incorporate a variety of techniques and strategies. These environments use concepts and tools beyond what packages such as WebCT currently offer, highlighting the power of designing a complete Web-based curriculum, rather than viewing each course separately. Many of the most successful approaches presented in this invaluable book don't involve sophisticated tools or programming, but the creative design of interactive scenarios, emotional content, and feedback mechanisms that reinforce the instructor's role as the crucial ingredient for success.

Web-Based Education in the Human Services examines:

• adult learning theories
  
• teaching practice skills through Web-based technology
  
• how to bridge the gap between theory and practice
  
• faculty perceptions of the effectiveness of Web-based instruction compared to face-to-face instruction
  
• the accessibility of Web-based education
  
• the significance of emotion in learning
  
• Web-based delivery of a graduate professional training program
  
• the creation, delivery, and evaluation of a pilot course using Blackboard 6
  
• the development of a Web-based undergraduate child welfare course
  
• the use of Web-based video clips for counselor skills training
  
• the design, development, pilot, and revision of a Web-based social work practice course
  
• an online format for agency-based field instruction
  
• the design of a Web-based graduate program in counseling psychology
  
• and much more!

Web-Based Education in the Human Services is an invaluable resource for social work and human services educators, including education, nursing, and psychology, Web-course developers, and college and university administrators.

Index

Aboriginal vs. non-Aboriginal student perspectives, 167–182

Administrative skills (social work practice) courses, 201–214. See also Social work practice courses

ANGEL platform for, 211–212

content-related issues for, 203–204

development of, 204–208

Face-to-Face (F2F/FTF) models, 201–214

faculty perspectives of, 208–211

future perspectives of, 211–212

historical perspectives of, 202

interactive video (ITV) and, 201–214

overviews and summaries of, 201–202

reference resources for, 212–213

student perspectives of, 208–211

Alliance models, 183–200

American Psychiatric Association (APA), 261

American with Disabilities Act, 72–73

Analysis frameworks, 14–15

ANGEL platform, 211–212

APA. See American Psychiatric Association (APA)

Arizona State University West experiences, 215–228

Assessments and evaluations. See also under individual topics

for chatroom discussions, 128

faculty perspectives of, 56–57

for field clusters online, 224–226

historical perspectives of, 19

for interdisciplinary child-family practice courses, 297–298

for international social work education courses, 162–163

outcome measures. See Outcome measures

for social work ethics courses, 249–251, 255–256

Asynchronous vs. synchronous discussions, 110–112, 189–192, 230–244. See also Chatroom discussions; Online discussions

Athabasca University experiences, 183–200. See also under individual topics

counselling skills training, 183–200

Master of Counselling programs, 99–120

Barnett-Queen, T., 229–244

Basic concepts, Fundamental concepts; Overviews and summaries

Biggerstaff, M. A., 245–258

Bjornson, D. L., 275–298

BlackBoard. See also under individual topics

field clusters online and, 218–219

inclusion/exclusion paradox and, 67–78

international social work education courses and, 147–166

social work ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Web-Based Education in the Human Services: Content and Connections
• Key Issues in Web-Based Education in the Human Services: A Review of the Literature
• Theoretical Perspectives in Online Pedagogy
• Faculty Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Web-Based Instruction in Social Work Education: A National Study
• Web-Based Higher Education: The Inclusion/Exclusion Paradox
• Souls on Ice: Incorporating Emotion in Web-Based Education
• The Campus Alberta Applied Psychology Counselling Initiative: Web-Based Delivery of a Graduate Professional Training Program
• A Tale of Three Cities: Teaching Online to Students in Shanghai from Hong Kong and Texas
• Internationalizing Social Work Education Using Blackboard 6: INHOLLAND University, NL and James Madison University, USA
• A Child Welfare Course for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Students: Pedagogical and Technical Challenges
• Web-Based Education in the Human Services: Use of Web-Based Video Clips in Counselling Skills Training
• Building a Predominantly Web-Based Course from Face-to-Face and Interactive Video Pilots: Administrative Skills for Social Work Practice
• Field Clusters Online
• Student Perspectives of Online Discussions: Strengths and Weaknesses
• Social Work Ethics Online: Reflective Learning
• Translating Research into Practice: The Role of Web-Based Education
• Working Across the Disciplines/Shifting Perspectives: Student Experiences with an Online Course Focused on Interdisciplinary Practice with Children and Families
• Evaluating the Efficacy of Traditional and Web-Assisted Instruction in an Undergraduate Social Work Practice Class
• COMPENDIUM
• Index