Digital Intervention for Advancing Social Work and Welfare Education

Dear Colleagues,

As a profession focused on practice working with people in social work education, there has historically been a strong focus on developing knowledge and practice skills in classroom settings and an associated tendency or reluctance to engage with technology. More recently, there has been significant growth in online programs, which require the use of technology, creating a shift in approaches to teaching social work. These programs opened the door to many students not previously able to study. Similarly, the use of technology in practice is rapidly increasing with the emergence of telehealth, eHealth, and a move to technology-based services. The rapidly increasing availability and capacity of generative artificial intelligence is similarly creating both challenges and opportunities, particularly in education settings. In these changing educational and practice environments, it is critical for social work educators to consider the role of technology in social work education and preparation for practice. This Special Issue encourages submissions of digital intervention in advancing social work education.

This Special Issue invites papers that examine the application of technology and digital intervention in teaching, the challenges, opportunities, benefits, and ethical considerations for social work education, and issues and implications for preparing graduates for changing social work practice in a digital world.

Please submit your proposals and any questions to special issue guest editors by 30 April 2024. Notification of acceptance will be provided by 13 May 2024. Final papers are due on 30 September 2024 for peer review.

Dr. Erica Russ
Dr. Elizabeth C Reimer
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Social Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.