Psychology, Society & Education (Nov 2016)
Construction of a scale to determinate the usefulness of Blogs in higher education
Abstract
Nowadays, the inclusion of digital tools in higher education is unquestionable. For instance, blogs are used in a more latent way, given their ease of creation and use, and because no specific computer knowledge is needed. However, we question whether they are really useful for curriculum development of current University studies. To determine this, we proceeded to build a scale for assessing the usefulness of blogs in higher education. To use it, a study of its validity has carried out previously. In this study, the scale was handed out to a sample of Elementary School teachers in training, from the University of Cordoba (N = 162). Exploratory Factor Analysis were done over the retrieved data through polychoric matrices at item level, and the main result achieved indicated three factors that measure the three dimensions approached. The main conclusion that has been reached is that knowledge about blogs development is statistically related to the curriculum development, the communicative development present in any act of learning, and the digital informational development.
