ABSTRACT

The e-portfolio is a tool increasingly used in Higher Education due to the benefits it holds, especially with regards to facilitating processes of evaluation and reflective learning. The main goal of this study was the construction of a questionnaire to analyse EP use in a Spanish University and to ensure its reliability and validity for use within relevant samples. To perform this task, we proposed a three-phase procedure: a development phase based on a literature review and the subsequent proposal of items; an evaluation phase, with revision based on experts’ judgment; and an analysis phase, in which the instrument’s reliability and validity (N = 251) were evaluated through factor analyses and descriptive statistical analyses according to dimension, degree of internal consistency and the relationships uncovered amongst the variables. As a result the Questionnaire on the E-Portfolio in Higher Education is proposed. It is composed of 32 items divided between three dimensions: Pedagogical considerations, academics’ teaching and usability. The analyses performed show the questionnaire to be valid and reliable for its proposed purpose. The questionnaire may be useful for HE academics who use the EP and for educational administrators who wish to analyse educational practices of this kind.

摘要

电子档案袋是一种工具，由于其所具有的优势而越来越多地用于高等教育，尤其是在促进评估和反思性学习方面。这项研究的主要目的是构建问卷调查表，以分析西班牙大学的EP使用情况，并确保其在相关样本中使用的可靠性和有效性。为了执行此任务，我们提出了一个三个阶段的过程：一个基于文献回顾的开发阶段和随后的项目建议；评估阶段，根据专家的判断进行修改；分析阶段，仪器的可靠性和有效性（N = 251）根据维度，内部一致性程度以及变量间未发现的关系，通过因素分析和描述性统计分析进行了评估。因此，提出了关于高等教育电子档案袋的调查表。它由32个项目组成，分为三个方面：教学上的考虑，学者的教学和可用性。进行的分析表明，问卷对于拟议的目的是有效和可靠的。问卷对于使用EP的HE学者和希望分析此类教育实践的教育管理人员可能有用。