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Utilising H5P Simulations to Enhance Social Work Education
Social Sciences, Vol.13(11), pp.1-11
2024
Abstract
Higher education is tasked with the challenge of producing graduate-ready professionals. Thus, alternative learning and assessment activities are needed to provide students with real-life complex experiences, particularly in fields like social work. This quasi-experimental design study explored the effectiveness of H5P virtual simulation to teach assessment and direct practice skills to social work students (n = 80). Mixed-methods data based on the pre/post outcomes of skill development were analysed using descriptive and bi-variate analysis as well as thematic analysis for qualitative data. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test reveals significant outcomes in assessment and practice skills between pre- and post-measures. The qualitative findings include three key themes: (1) realism, (2) engagement, and (3) practice skills. This study provides evidence and highlights the importance of using virtual simulation to help students develop skills to manage complex real-world problems.
Details
- Title
- Utilising H5P Simulations to Enhance Social Work Education
- Authors
- Gerard Jefferies (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Publication details
- Social Sciences, Vol.13(11), pp.1-11
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.3390/socsci13110598
- ISSN
- 2076-0760
- Copyright note
- © 2024 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Data Availability
- The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article; further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991083398302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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