Michael Berghoef
berghoef@ferris.edu
Technology and Distance Education Committee
Members of the Technology and Distance Education
Committee presented a number of sessions at the 2008 BPD conference and APM on topics including online classroom resources,
plagiarism and new technology innovations for enhancing classroom presentations. The committee continues to meet regularly
at both the APM and BPD conferences and online in the interim.
Marshall Smith and Goutham Menon have created a new interface at http://www.esocialwork.net/ housing the National Social Work Distance Education Course Catalog. This site cosponsored
by University of Texas @ San Antonio, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and the BPD technology committee can
serve as a repository for much of the excellent content generated by the BPD listserv and is currently collecting information
specifically on distance education offerings nationwide. Plans are being made to begin organizing study
abroad options in a similar manner in collaboration with the BPD International Committee. Inquiries regarding this new
initiative can be sent to smithml@hawaii.edu.
Future topics for conference presentations include assistive technology and using technology for teaching
values and ethics. The committee continues to explore the use of simulations for classroom instruction
and distance collaboration and plans to conduct its first fully online meeting in Second Life later this year.
The committee continues to summarize
and incorporate recommendations gathered from its conference presentations and the BPD listserv as well as monitoring several
other technology and human service related lists to keep abreast of technology issues relevant to BSW education.
Additional suggestions or requests
for future conference topics can be sent to berghoef@ferris.edu or any the technology committee member.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael
Berghoef
Chair of the BPD Technology & Distance Education Committee
