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标题：The Validity and Instructional Value of a Rubric for Evaluating Online Course Quality: An Empirical Study
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作者：Ji Eun Lee ; Mimi Recker ; Min Yuan 等
期刊名称：Online Learning
印刷版ISSN：2472-5749
电子版ISSN：2472-5730
出版年度：2020
卷号：24
期号：1
页码：245-263
DOI：10.24059/olj.v24i1.1949
出版社：Online Learning Consortium
摘要：This study investigated the validity and instructional value of a rubric developed to evaluate the quality of online courses offered at a midsized public university. This rubric was adapted from an online course quality rubric widely used in higher education, the Quality Matters rubric. We first examined the reliability and preliminary construct validity of the rubric using quality ratings for 202 online courses and eliminated twelve problematic items. We then examined the instructional value of the rubric by investigating causal relationships between 1) course quality scores, 2) online interactions between students, instructors, and content, and 3) student course performance (course passing rates). A path analysis model, using data from 121 online courses enrolling 5,240 students, showed that only rubric items related to learner engagement and interaction had a significant and positive effect on online interactions, while only student-content interaction significantly and positively influenced course passing rates.
关键词：Online course quality; Rubric; Online interactions; Rubric Reliability; Rubric Validity