Development and Validation of the German Version of the Community of Inquiry Survey

Autor: Lisa-Maria Norz, Werner O. Hackl, Nils Benning, Petra Knaup-Gregori, Elske Ammenwerth
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Online Learning, Vol 27, Iss 1 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2472-5749
2472-5730
DOI: 10.24059/olj.v27i1.3306
Popis: The Community of Inquiry (CoI) Framework describes success factors for collaborative online-based learning. The CoI Survey is a validated instrument to measure these factors from the perspective of course participants. Until now, no validated translation of this Survey to German was available. The aim of this work was to translate the original English Survey to German and to validate the translated Survey instrument. After a systematic translation process, we validated the German translation in two higher education settings in two countries (entire data set of n=433 Surveys). By conducting item analysis, reliability analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis, we were able to confirm the reliability and validity of the German CoI Survey. Only one item (CP6) shows cross-loadings on two factors, a finding that was already discussed for the original CoI Survey. To conclude, the validated German version of the CoI Survey is now available.
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