Abstract

Social workers must have the requisite new media literacies to engage in social work practice in the modern digital age and increase their digital competence. This article demonstrates how students can obtain the necessary digital competencies for their future social work practice through an enhanced participatory learning environment based on 12 specific new media literacies situated in a master’s level macro social work practice course. A description of the learning assignments and participatory activities is provided along with results from a mixed-methods evaluation of the student’s experiences. Findings indicate statistically significant results in increasing new media literacies among students and that participatory learning activities enhanced student knowledge and skills. Discussion and implications related to new media literacies and the future of social work education are also provided.

摘要

社会工作者必须具备必要的新媒体素养，才能在现代数字时代从事社会工作实践并提高他们的数字能力。本文展示了学生如何通过基于硕士水平宏观社会工作实践课程中的 12 种特定新媒体素养的增强参与式学习环境，获得未来社会工作实践所需的数字能力。提供了对学习任务和参与性活动的描述，以及对学生经历的混合方法评估的结果。研究结果表明，在提高学生的新媒体素养方面具有统计学意义，参与式学习活动增强了学生的知识和技能。