ERIC Number: EJ1382734
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Mar
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-2472-5749
EISSN: EISSN-2472-5730
Development and Validation of the German Version of the Community of Inquiry Survey
Online Learning, v27 n1 p468-484 Mar 2023
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.
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, German, Communities of Practice, Inquiry, Cooperative Learning, Test Reliability, Factor Analysis, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany; Austria
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