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Title:
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AN E-LEARNING SUPPORT TOOLKIT FOR SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS ON PLACEMENT |
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Author(s):
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Pei Zhang , Gary B. Wills , Yvonne Howard , Samia Oussena , Dean Kramer , Ravinder Barn , Balbir Barn |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-83-6 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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V I, 2 |
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Keywords:
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Mobile, work-based learning, placement, social software |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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81 |
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Last Page:
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87 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Students of the social work professions generally are required to be placed in social work settings and to undergo
assessment in the workplace during their training. These students are usually supported by qualified practice tutors who
regularly meet with them and give feedback on their practice performance and progress. The support procedure
sometimes is fragile and affects the quality of the students learning experience. Through a user centered design
approach, the Remora project aims to provide an integration of mobile software toolkits and social software applications
to support work-based learning and assessment for social workers. Two main applications are created and deployed on
two categories of portable devices to help practice workers in their administration, information sharing and collection of
documents linking with competency learning resources. The applications are extendible to be applicable to any workbased
learning situation. |
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