Gary Wood
Biographic Data
| ID | 4004977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gary Wood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gary |
| FAMILY NAME | Wood |
| SIGNATURE | WOOD G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Teaching MSW Social Work Practice in a Blended Online Learning Environment
Blended learning is a newly emerging trend in higher education and is defined as the purposeful integration of synchronous and asynchronous learning to provide educational activities that maximize the benefits of each. This paper describes the development of a graduate social work foundation-year practice class in a blended online environment in which both asynchronous and synchronous activities transpire online. The course's underlying pedagogic…
Launching the Virtual Academic Center
In October 2010, the University of Southern California School of Social Work entered the online education environment with the launch of the first national web-based MSW program. After an initial enrollment of 80 students, in just 3 years this state-of-the-art MSW, offered in a technology-advanced synchronous and asynchronous format, has generated an enrollment of 2,000 students residing in 38 states. The development and rapid growth of the Virtu…
A New Introduction Sociology of Islam
Studying religion and society is a complex phenomenon, especially given the great transformations wrought by global capitalism. As Sociologists, we struggle to make sense of the impacts of increased privatization, deregulation of markets, refiguring of civil society, democratization, technological innovations, the spread of and challenges to individual liberties, proliferation of popular culture through mass communications, cultural amalgamation,…
The impact on behavioral training upon the knowledge and effectiveness of juvenile probation officers and volunteers
The feasibility of studying the effects of behavioral training for probation workers upon both the workers and their probationers was examined by randomly assigning ten probation officers and volunteers to a training group and a control group. Pre-and post-tests were administered to assess the knowledge and competence of the probation workers, various kinds of problem behaviors that the workers and parents observed in the delinquent youth, and va…
Teaching MSW Social Work Practice in a Blended Online Learning Environment
Blended learning is a newly emerging trend in higher education and is defined as the purposeful integration of synchronous and asynchronous learning to provide educational activities that maximize the benefits of each. This paper describes the development of a graduate social work foundation-year practice class in a blended online environment in which both asynchronous and synchronous activities transpire online. The course's underlying pedagogic…
Launching the Virtual Academic Center
In October 2010, the University of Southern California School of Social Work entered the online education environment with the launch of the first national web-based MSW program. After an initial enrollment of 80 students, in just 3 years this state-of-the-art MSW, offered in a technology-advanced synchronous and asynchronous format, has generated an enrollment of 2,000 students residing in 38 states. The development and rapid growth of the Virtu…
A New Introduction Sociology of Islam
Studying religion and society is a complex phenomenon, especially given the great transformations wrought by global capitalism. As Sociologists, we struggle to make sense of the impacts of increased privatization, deregulation of markets, refiguring of civil society, democratization, technological innovations, the spread of and challenges to individual liberties, proliferation of popular culture through mass communications, cultural amalgamation,…
The impact on behavioral training upon the knowledge and effectiveness of juvenile probation officers and volunteers
The feasibility of studying the effects of behavioral training for probation workers upon both the workers and their probationers was examined by randomly assigning ten probation officers and volunteers to a training group and a control group. Pre-and post-tests were administered to assess the knowledge and competence of the probation workers, various kinds of problem behaviors that the workers and parents observed in the delinquent youth, and va…
Teaching MSW Social Work Practice in a Blended Online Learning Environment
Blended learning is a newly emerging trend in higher education and is defined as the purposeful integration of synchronous and asynchronous learning to provide educational activities that maximize the benefits of each. This paper describes the development of a graduate social work foundation-year practice class in a blended online environment in which both asynchronous and synchronous activities transpire online. The course's underlying pedagogic…
Launching the Virtual Academic Center
In October 2010, the University of Southern California School of Social Work entered the online education environment with the launch of the first national web-based MSW program. After an initial enrollment of 80 students, in just 3 years this state-of-the-art MSW, offered in a technology-advanced synchronous and asynchronous format, has generated an enrollment of 2,000 students residing in 38 states. The development and rapid growth of the Virtu…
A New Introduction Sociology of Islam
Studying religion and society is a complex phenomenon, especially given the great transformations wrought by global capitalism. As Sociologists, we struggle to make sense of the impacts of increased privatization, deregulation of markets, refiguring of civil society, democratization, technological innovations, the spread of and challenges to individual liberties, proliferation of popular culture through mass communications, cultural amalgamation,…
Medical education (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Higher Education Practises and Engagement (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Work (2 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)