Khadija Khaja, School of Social Work
Principal Investigator: Khadija Khaja, associate professor, School of Social Work
Project Title: Global Social Work Practice
Funding Level: $5,000
Abstract:
Online academic teaching and learning environments are becoming more prevalent with instructors trying to learn new ways to replicate face‐to‐face instructional methods. However, these environments also offer distinct advantages apart from face‐to‐face learning environments. For instance, in online learning environments, instructors can take advantage of anytime, anyplace instructional delivery. Hundreds of thousands of social workers and their clients routinely access digital networks. Significant increases in network accessibility and affordability provide the means to expand learning via web‐based technologies. Indiana University School of Social Work can play a pioneering role by offering a web‐based course that teaches students how social work is practiced around the world, ensuring a more inclusive teaching and learning climate, and teaching future social workers the diverse cultural, political and socio‐economic global realities experienced by different nations and how social work interventions have been effective on the ground.
