Technology and groupwork
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https://doi.org/10.1921/gpwk.v21i3.730Keywords:
social groupwork, groupwork and technology, online education, online groups, social work education and practice, adjunct facultyAbstract
This paper addresses the relationship between social groupwork and technology. It discusses the evolution of online technology—how the technological revolution of the computer, the Internet, and mass access to new communication devices has impacted our lives with unprecedented speed and universality. It acknowledges the natural and understandable resistance of many skilled and renowned groupworkers to the use of these new modalities. It addresses the numerous benefits and challenges that technology brings, and the critical and timely need for groupworkers to make the conceptual shift to embrace these modalities. A case is made for groupworkers’ ability to take a leadership role in the development of effective, efficient and ethical online groups across disciplines and fields, and the need to contribute to the burgeoning scholarly literature on best practices in the development of online communities. An example of the use of technology to facilitate connection and effective teaching among adjunct groupwork educators is offered as one avenue for increasing groupwork’s voice within an academic institution.
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2012-12-20
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Simon, S. R., & Stauber, K. W. (2012). Technology and groupwork. Groupwork, 21(3), 7-21. https://doi.org/10.1921/gpwk.v21i3.730
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