Bridging boundaries to acquire research and professional skills: Reflecting on the impact and experiences of technology-enabled collaborative cross-institutional and transnational social work placement projects

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dc.contributor.authorRose, Joanne
dc.contributor.authorHalton, Carmel
dc.contributor.authorMorley, Louise
dc.contributor.authorShort, Monica
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-29T14:50:02Z
dc.date.available2026-04-29T14:50:02Z
dc.date.issued2024-12-04
dc.description.abstractWorldwide, social work educators’ teaching and learning practices are founded on social justice principles and recognised for their evidence-based, interpersonal, cross-cultural, and problem-solving approaches. Placements are integral to social work education preparing students for practice. Learning experienced on such placements, particularly those involving research, can assist students to develop a broad understanding of diversity, inequality, and anti-oppressive practice in local, national, or international contexts. Technology-enhanced, online research opportunities have revolutionised research placements. This article offers a reflective dialogue on the insights gained from two transnational, technology-enhanced social work research-based placements. The first example reviews three student-led, rural-focused inquiries completed in Australia and Ireland; the second pertains to students physically situated in Ireland and who engaged in collaborative online projects while completing their USA-based social work placements online. The authors reflect on the experiences and the skills the students developed and how the application of technology helped meet an increasing need for environmentally sustainable practices in teaching, learning, and research on placement. Publicly available student reflections on significant knowledge and practice benefits gained from their transnational experiences are considered. The study highlights how reflective practice assisted in the enactment of research in online contexts.en
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dc.identifier.authororcidRose, Joanne§0000-0002-1922-3621
dc.identifier.authororcidHalton, Carmel
dc.identifier.authororcidMorley, Louise
dc.identifier.authororcidShort, Monica
dc.identifier.citationRose, J, Halton, C, Morley, L & Short, M 2024, 'Bridging boundaries to acquire research and professional skills: Reflecting on the impact and experiences of technology-enabled collaborative cross-institutional and transnational social work placement projects', Social Sciences, vol. 13, no. 12, 659, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13120659
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/socsci13120659
dc.identifier.endpage17
dc.identifier.issn2076-0760
dc.identifier.issued12
dc.identifier.journaltitleSocial Sciences
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-1922-3621/work/196997721
dc.identifier.startpage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/18709
dc.identifier.volume13
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
dc.relation.urihttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85219517877
dc.rights© 2024, the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
dc.rights.accessrightsopen access
dc.rights.licensenameAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.statusPeer reviewed
dc.subjectOnline
dc.subjectSocial work education
dc.subjectSocial work field education
dc.subjectSocial work research
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectTechnology
dc.subjectTransnational
dc.subjectWork-integrated learning
dc.titleBridging boundaries to acquire research and professional skills: Reflecting on the impact and experiences of technology-enabled collaborative cross-institutional and transnational social work placement projectsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)
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