The power of a “Wiki tool” in social work students’ field training during the covid lockdown

ABSTRACT

This article focuses on sharing a teaching experience implemented by the Social Work faculty of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili of Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain) with the students in the last year of the Social Work degree, whose practical training was interrupted due to the covid -19 lockdown. Considering this scenario and maintaining contact with the students through the virtual campus, the creation of a Wiki tool on the university’s Moodle platform was proposed to the students. The principal objective was to accompany and give teaching support to students to get through this difficult situation. The use of the Wiki was valued as a positive experience that made it possible to configure, in a collaborative and creative way, a common space of reflection and analysis for the students. The usefulness of this new virtual methodology in university training is a complement to their face-to-face training, and in addition, it represents a small contribution to the development of students’ self-care practices in a complex reality. In conclusion, the students themselves stress that it is essential to continue training and to be open to applying new professional methodologies.

KEYWORDS:

• Social work
• field training
• virtual activity
• Spain
• pandemic

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Cristina García-Moreno

Cristina García-Moreno holds a Ph.D. in Urban Anthropology from the Universitat Rovira iVirgili (2011), excellent cum laude and Extraordinary Doctorate Award. Degree in Sociology (UAB, 2002) and Diploma in Social Work (UB, 1995). She has been a lecturer at the URV since 2003 and a member of the Social Anthropology GroupSGR2017/0023 (GAS, in Spanish) recognized by the Catalan government. Research lines: Transnational migration; Cuban migration; migration and gender; migration for love, social intervention and support networks (family, social and institutional).

Claudia Maria Anleu-Hernández

Claudia Maria Anleu-Hernández holds a PhD in Migrations and Social Mediation from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (2015). Master's degree in Social Psychology and Political Violence from the Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala (2004) and a Master's degree in Migration and Social Mediation (URV, 2010); she holds a degree in Social Work from Rafael Landívar University (Guatemala, 2000).Currently is a lecturer at Universitat Rovira i Virgili and a member of the Social Anthropology GroupSGR2017/0023 (GAS, in Spanish) recognized by the Catalan government. Research lines: Resilience; migration; youth, social work; social intervention; ageing; violence/feminicide.