Melanie Sage
Biographic Data
| ID | 4175762 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie Sage |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Sage |
| SIGNATURE | SAGE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Dakota |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3385-9650 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Social Work Educators Innovating With Generative AI
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining traction across various fields, yet its adoption within social work remains limited. This study explores the use of ChatGPT by social work educators to enhance teaching, research, and service activities. Six educators documented their use of ChatGPT in fall 2023 to explore AI integration in academia with a qualitative content analysis and quantitative assessments of usage frequency and perceived …
A Systematic Review of Sophisticated Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics in Child Welfare
Grand Challenge of Social Work's Harness Technology for Social Good
Purpose The Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative addresses critical social problems through social work science. This scoping review examines the first 5 years (2015–2019) of the Harness Technology for Social Good challenge, mapping literature by social work researchers on technology's role in improving client system outcomes. Methods We mapped the existing social work literature published between 2015 and 2019 about using technology to ad…
A Systematic Review of Internet Communication Technology Use by Youth in Foster Care
Social Work Educators’ Opportunities During Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 resulted in major disruption for social work education, as many teachers and programs shifted from on-campus classes to remote or blended teaching using digital technologies. Social work educators have an opportunity to apply the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to meet the needs of students and communities in ways that are grounded in our professional values. Due to the pandemic, many students and faculty …
Internet Use and Resilience in Adolescents
Podcasting as a Pedagogical Tool for Experiential Learning in Social Work Education
Although pedagogical fundamentals of teaching with technology appear in the literature, the use of podcasting in the classroom is primarily documented outside of social work education. This study explored outcomes of an assignment in which students create podcasts meant for consumption by people besides the instructor. The authors theorized that this would allow social work students to build skills with engagement, self-awareness and communicatio…
Professional Collaboration Networks as a Social Work Research Practice Innovation
In professional disciplines, gaps often exist between research and practice. This occurs because of a lack of information exchange between stakeholders about various knowledge of problems and solutions. Implementation science offers systematic strategies for addressing gaps. One potential way to close gaps is by using professional collaboration networks (PCNs), which are technology-mediated, user-centered relationship constellations designed to e…
Supervisor and policy roles in social media use as a new technology in child welfare
Social Media Use in Child Welfare Practice
The scholarly child welfare literature offers little information about the use of social media by child welfare workers. We conducted a study of 171 child welfare workers across several states using an online survey. The resulting data offer insights from workers about current practices related to social media use in a child welfare work setting. Most respondents see social media as an acceptable tool for conducting child welfare assessments. Res…
Social Media and E-professionalism in Child Welfare
The professional child welfare literature offers little guidance to child welfare managers and agency policy makers about the use of social media to search for or communicate with clients. Ethical social media use relies upon e-professionalism, defined as the professional identity established by workers through the way they utilize digital communications. This article offers considerations for standards of e-professionalism in child welfare polic…
Distance Guest Speakers in Online Synchronous Classrooms
Social work students increasingly are served by distance education, which necessitates the use of creative and innovative online teaching methods. An instructor embarking upon online teaching should consider interpersonal and technical issues, be familiar with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, and understand other legal implications related to recording a guest speaker. This paper offers an illustrative example and recommendati…
Social Media Use in Child Welfare Practice
The scholarly child welfare literature offers little information about the use of social media by child welfare workers. We conducted a study of 171 child welfare workers across several states using an online survey. The resulting data offer insights from workers about current practices related to social media use in a child welfare work setting. Most respondents see social media as an acceptable tool for conducting child welfare assessments. Res…
Supervisor and policy roles in social media use as a new technology in child welfare
Social Media and E-professionalism in Child Welfare
The professional child welfare literature offers little guidance to child welfare managers and agency policy makers about the use of social media to search for or communicate with clients. Ethical social media use relies upon e-professionalism, defined as the professional identity established by workers through the way they utilize digital communications. This article offers considerations for standards of e-professionalism in child welfare polic…
Podcasting as a Pedagogical Tool for Experiential Learning in Social Work Education
Although pedagogical fundamentals of teaching with technology appear in the literature, the use of podcasting in the classroom is primarily documented outside of social work education. This study explored outcomes of an assignment in which students create podcasts meant for consumption by people besides the instructor. The authors theorized that this would allow social work students to build skills with engagement, self-awareness and communicatio…
Professional Collaboration Networks as a Social Work Research Practice Innovation
In professional disciplines, gaps often exist between research and practice. This occurs because of a lack of information exchange between stakeholders about various knowledge of problems and solutions. Implementation science offers systematic strategies for addressing gaps. One potential way to close gaps is by using professional collaboration networks (PCNs), which are technology-mediated, user-centered relationship constellations designed to e…
Distance Guest Speakers in Online Synchronous Classrooms
Social work students increasingly are served by distance education, which necessitates the use of creative and innovative online teaching methods. An instructor embarking upon online teaching should consider interpersonal and technical issues, be familiar with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, and understand other legal implications related to recording a guest speaker. This paper offers an illustrative example and recommendati…
Social Media and E-professionalism in Child Welfare
The professional child welfare literature offers little guidance to child welfare managers and agency policy makers about the use of social media to search for or communicate with clients. Ethical social media use relies upon e-professionalism, defined as the professional identity established by workers through the way they utilize digital communications. This article offers considerations for standards of e-professionalism in child welfare polic…
Social Media Use in Child Welfare Practice
The scholarly child welfare literature offers little information about the use of social media by child welfare workers. We conducted a study of 171 child welfare workers across several states using an online survey. The resulting data offer insights from workers about current practices related to social media use in a child welfare work setting. Most respondents see social media as an acceptable tool for conducting child welfare assessments. Res…
Supervisor and policy roles in social media use as a new technology in child welfare
Professional Collaboration Networks as a Social Work Research Practice Innovation
In professional disciplines, gaps often exist between research and practice. This occurs because of a lack of information exchange between stakeholders about various knowledge of problems and solutions. Implementation science offers systematic strategies for addressing gaps. One potential way to close gaps is by using professional collaboration networks (PCNs), which are technology-mediated, user-centered relationship constellations designed to e…
Social Work Educators’ Opportunities During Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 resulted in major disruption for social work education, as many teachers and programs shifted from on-campus classes to remote or blended teaching using digital technologies. Social work educators have an opportunity to apply the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to meet the needs of students and communities in ways that are grounded in our professional values. Due to the pandemic, many students and faculty …
Internet Use and Resilience in Adolescents
Podcasting as a Pedagogical Tool for Experiential Learning in Social Work Education
Although pedagogical fundamentals of teaching with technology appear in the literature, the use of podcasting in the classroom is primarily documented outside of social work education. This study explored outcomes of an assignment in which students create podcasts meant for consumption by people besides the instructor. The authors theorized that this would allow social work students to build skills with engagement, self-awareness and communicatio…
A Systematic Review of Internet Communication Technology Use by Youth in Foster Care
A Systematic Review of Sophisticated Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics in Child Welfare
Grand Challenge of Social Work's Harness Technology for Social Good
Purpose The Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative addresses critical social problems through social work science. This scoping review examines the first 5 years (2015–2019) of the Harness Technology for Social Good challenge, mapping literature by social work researchers on technology's role in improving client system outcomes. Methods We mapped the existing social work literature published between 2015 and 2019 about using technology to ad…
Social Work Educators Innovating With Generative AI
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining traction across various fields, yet its adoption within social work remains limited. This study explores the use of ChatGPT by social work educators to enhance teaching, research, and service activities. Six educators documented their use of ChatGPT in fall 2023 to explore AI integration in academia with a qualitative content analysis and quantitative assessments of usage frequency and perceived …
Social Work (9 works) · Engineering (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)