Design and Study of the Psychometric Properties of a Professors’ Expectations of Virtual University Education Questionary
Karla Lobos
,
Rubia Cobo-Rendón
,
Claudio Bustos
,
Carola Bruna
,
Nelson Arias Hidalgo
This work describes the design and validation of a questionnaire to assess the expectations of higher education professors regarding virtual education.
- Pub. date: August 15, 2022
- Pages: 465-478
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This work describes the design and validation of a questionnaire to assess the expectations of higher education professors regarding virtual education (CEDVES). The sample included 546 professors, 299 men (54.66%) and 247 women (45.23%), from different scientific disciplines of a university in Chile. The final version consisted of 38 items answered using a five-point Likert scale. Nine factors were identified from the exploratory factor analysis. This configuration accounts for 75% of the variance. The structure of the instrument was studied using confirmatory factor analysis. It was found that nine factors produced a good fit, derived from a hierarchical solution in which all these factors depend on a factor of second general order. Each of the scales, like the general factor, present good indicators of reliability. The analysis indicates that this questionnaire has adequate validation and could be broadly used in higher education.
Keywords: Expectations toward virtual education, higher education, professors, psychometric properties, validation.
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