Development of an Online Teaching Competency Scale for University Instructors

ŞİMŞEK İ., KÜÇÜK S., KÖSE BİBER S., CAN T.

Open Praxis, cilt.13, sa.2, ss.201-212, 2021 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5944/openpraxis.13.2.137
  • Dergi Adı: Open Praxis
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), EBSCO Education Source, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Directory of Open Access Journals, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.201-212
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: online teaching, instructor competency, higher education, scale development, DISTANCE EDUCATION, ROLES, EFFICACY
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In providing effective online education, it is crucial that the instructors have the competence to teach online. The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable online teaching competency scale for online instructors. The data were collected from 392 instructors working in a big state university in Turkey (Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa). The instructors have conducted online courses through synchronous and asynchronous methods during the pandemic process. The development and evaluation process of the scale included exploratory factor analysis and convergent validity. The scale consists of 15 items and represents four factors of online instructors' competencies: pedagogy, facilitation, technology, and course administration. The total variance of the scale was found 64%. Internal consistency coefficient of the whole scale was found to be .83 according to reliability analysis. The results of the study revealed that the scale is valid and reliable for measuring instructors' online teaching competency. The implications of the study were discussed in detail.