‘Placements Online’: Student Experiences of a Website to Support Learning in Practice Settings.
Social work practice and education in many parts of the world are implementing an elearning agenda. This article considers the experiences of students using a website developed to support learning in agency settings to discover if and how it can be used to create a ‘bridge’ between the learning envi...
| Publicado en: | Social Work Education Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 439 - 451 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2005
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