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       Social Media in Social Work Education 
        
       Joanne Westwood: Editor 
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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       Contents 
        
       Contents .................................................................................................................................................. 2 
       Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................... 6 
       List of contributors .................................................................................................................................. 7 
       Glossary ................................................................................................................................................... 9 
       Foreword: Jackie Rafferty ..................................................................................................................... 12 
       Introduction: Joanne Westwood .......................................................................................................... 18 
        What is this book about? .................................................................................................................. 18 
        Who is this book for? ........................................................................................................................ 18 
        Why is social media important for social work educators and students? ........................................ 21 
        Where did the ideas for this book come from? ................................................................................. 24 
       Chapter outline ..................................................................................................................................... 26 
       Chapter 1: Obstacles to and engagement with social media: Liz Thackray .......................................... 28 
       Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 29 
       Adoption of new technology ................................................................................................................ 31 
       Ease of use and engagement ................................................................................................................ 33 
       Obstacles to engaging with technology ................................................................................................ 35 
       Technical issues ..................................................................................................................................... 36 
       Identity .................................................................................................................................................. 38 
       Visibility privacy and confidence ........................................................................................................... 39 
       Culture, Collaboration and Cost ............................................................................................................ 40 
       Engaging with social media – reflecting on #phdchat .......................................................................... 42 
       What has made this initiative so effective in drawing together research students and developing a 
       community of practice? ........................................................................................................................ 43 
       Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................... 45 
       Chapter 2 Student social workers use of social media: findings from a cross national survey ............ 46 
       Joanne Westwood, Amanda Taylor and David Mckendrick ................................................................. 46 
       Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 46 
       Background ........................................................................................................................................... 47 
       Social work regulatory bodies and social media ................................................................................... 48 
       Technology and its place in contemporary social work education ....................................................... 51 
       Methods ................................................................................................................................................ 52 
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       The survey ............................................................................................................................................. 53 
       Findings ................................................................................................................................................. 54 
        Pre- survey responses ........................................................................................................................ 54 
        Post-debate survey ............................................................................................................................ 59 
       Discussion.............................................................................................................................................. 63 
       Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 67 
       Background and literature .................................................................................................................... 68 
       Combining Facebook and EBBL ............................................................................................................. 71 
        Module background .......................................................................................................................... 72 
        Underpinning learning principles ...................................................................................................... 72 
       Process of the EBBL design ................................................................................................................... 74 
       Feedback and Reflections ..................................................................................................................... 85 
        Learning design ................................................................................................................................. 85 
        Meeting the learning objectives ....................................................................................................... 86 
       Reflections ............................................................................................................................................ 86 
       Chapter   4:         When Actual meets Virtual; Social Work Book Groups as a Teaching and Learning 
       Medium in Social Work Education:  Amanda Taylor ............................................................................ 88 
       Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 88 
       Background: Social Work Book Group .................................................................................................. 90 
       A Learning Space for Learner Empowerment ....................................................................................... 92 
       Social Work Book Group as a Reflective Space ..................................................................................... 94 
       Social Work Book Group: The social work knowledge, values and skills base ..................................... 95 
       Social Work Book Group Process ........................................................................................................ 100 
       Group Members .................................................................................................................................. 101 
       Selecting the Books ............................................................................................................................. 102 
       The Learning Environment .................................................................................................................. 102 
       Social Work Social Work Book Group Recommended Reading List: .................................................. 108 
       Chapter 5:  New Technology in Social Work Education: Blogs and Blogging: David McKendrick ...... 110 
       Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 110 
       Blogging and Bloggers ......................................................................................................................... 112 
       Critical thinking ................................................................................................................................... 115 
       Theories of Learning Friere, Schön, Bandura and Sears ..................................................................... 118 
       Access and Availability Issues ............................................................................................................. 120 
       Using Blogs to Support Learning and Change: Actor network theory ................................................ 122 
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       Blogging as a support in culture change ............................................................................................. 125 
       Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 126 
       Chapter 6 Creating #Team Turner: An Autoethnography of connection within Social Work education:  
       Denise Turner ...................................................................................................................................... 128 
       How did I get here? ............................................................................................................................. 128 
       Smashing the machines ...................................................................................................................... 129 
       Scene 1: Family Time (1) ..................................................................................................................... 130 
       Working from Home ........................................................................................................................... 132 
       Scene 2: ‘Something so depressing’.................................................................................................... 133 
       #eswphd .............................................................................................................................................. 135 
       Scene 3: ‘eswphd’ ............................................................................................................................... 138 
       Building a Community of Practice ....................................................................................................... 139 
       ‘A world of contact and relationship’ ................................................................................................. 142 
       Scene 4: ‘Inspirational’ ........................................................................................................................ 145 
       Harnessing the power of the genie ..................................................................................................... 146 
       Scene 5: Family Time (Reprise) ........................................................................................................... 147 
       Conclusions: Joanne Westwood ......................................................................................................... 149 
       References .......................................................................................................................................... 153 
       Appendix: Social media activities in social work education ............................................................... 162 
       Resources and information ................................................................................................................. 162