Examining reliability and validity of the Community of Inquiry survey (CoI)

Community of Inquiry is a theoretical framework with great influence in the investigation of online learning in Higher Education. This study examines the reliability and validity of a neutral Spanish version of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) Survey (v14) for online learning. The sample is composed o...

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Autores: Valverde Berrocoso, Jesús, Fernández Sánchez, María Rosa, Llamas Salguero, Fátima
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/22352
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22352
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Community of inquiry
Social presence
Teaching presence
Cognitive presence
Confirmatory factor analysis
Comunidad de Indagación
Presencia social
Presencia de la enseñanza
Presencia cognitiva
Análisis factorial confirmatorio
58 Pedagogía
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Sumario:Community of Inquiry is a theoretical framework with great influence in the investigation of online learning in Higher Education. This study examines the reliability and validity of a neutral Spanish version of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) Survey (v14) for online learning. The sample is composed of Spanish and Latin-American online university students. The results revealed a high reliability for the instrument (Conbrach’s α = .978) and the different presences (Conbrach’s α = .956 and higher). Three factor-structures of the CoI framework explained 71% of the variance in the pattern of relationships among the items using the first split-half sample. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) demonstrates a good fit to the data from the sample to the sub-scales «Teaching presence» and «Cognitive presence» but an adequate fit was not found for the sub-scale Social presence. It is suggested that some of the items of the instrument be revised to improve its construct validity.