ERIC Number: EJ991635
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 16
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1043-7797
Teaching Clinical Social Work Skills Primarily Online: An Evaluation
Siebert, Darcy Clay; Siebert, Carl F.; Spaulding-Givens, Jennifer
Journal of Social Work Education, v42 n2 p325-336 Spr-Sum 2006
This article describes an evaluation of the first skills-based clinical course taught in a Council on Social Work Education-accredited, entirely online, MSW program. Students in the online course answered retrospective pretest and posttest questions regarding change in their clinical skills. Researchers compared online students' responses to a standardized course evaluation with student responses on the face-to-face version of the same course. Online students reported significant increase in skills, and their final assignment and course evaluation scores were comparable to students in the face-to-face course, with the exception of instructor availability and facilitation of learning. Implications for teaching skills-based practice classes online are discussed. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Online Courses, Job Skills, Social Work, Pretests Posttests, Skill Development, Achievement Gains, Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes, Course Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness, Participant Satisfaction, Intermode Differences, Teaching Methods, Masters Programs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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