Evaluación de cursos en línea

Abstract

Abstract:
At the present time, there has been a significant increase in offering and demand of online based  educational programs. This makes the creation o high standards online programs essential, to make it adequately competitive with conventional programs. One of the tools that allows the evaluation of the design quality and implementation of these programs are satisfaction surveys that students answer at the end of the learning process. This article aims to analyze the design and validation of such surveys applied in the evaluation of satisfaction of fifteen online courses from Gabriela Mistral University, this through an exploratory research study, with a validation design of an instrument. This survey was designed based on seven dimensions: (1) learning outcomes, (2) type of content, (3) type of teaching-learning strategies, (4) activities and resources, (5) evaluations, (6) type of LMS and (7) availability of technical support. Regarding the results obtained in the survey, it stands out that  93% of students consider that the teachers explained the expected learning. Nearly 90% of them agree that the contents worked on in the subjects were adequate for their job training. 89% of the students indicate that the way the contents were presented promoted their learning. 88% agree that the assessment instruments were socialized by the teacher in advance. Regarding the Virtual Campus, 90% consider that the platform is easy to use, it made the movement  and  location of resources easier. 

Keywords: Evaluation, quality of online education, virtual modality, satisfaction survey, higher
education.