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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Educ.
Sec. Leadership in Education
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1401295
This article is part of the Research Topic Building the Future of Education Together: Innovation, Complexity, Sustainability, Interdisciplinary Research and Open Science View all 17 articles

Scale to Measure Student Perception in Collaborative Online International Learning Experiences (COIL): Design and Validation

Provisionally accepted
Hugo Rozo-García Hugo Rozo-García 1CAROLINA ALCANTAR NIEBLAS CAROLINA ALCANTAR NIEBLAS 2Maria-Soledad Ramirez-Montoya Maria-Soledad Ramirez-Montoya 2*
  • 1 Universidad de La Sabana, Chía, Colombia
  • 2 Institute for the Future of Education, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Monterrey, México, Mexico

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    Introduction: Digital education is favorably positioned as a learning option; it employs various strategies, pedagogies, and methodologies, including collaborative online international learning experiences (COIL). This alternative, inherent to the digital era, transcends traditional educational methods by boosting technology to enhance learning experiences. Its given purpose is to improve learning gains, foster interculturality, internationalizing the curriculum, and strengthening skills necessary for the 21st century. Moreover, it can potentially address global educational needs that have not been fulfilled in the past.Methods: This study conducted a content validation of a scale (instrument) intending to measure students' perception of collaborative online international learning experiences (COIL) in three dimensions: a) interaction among students in digital environments, b) collaborative work in multicultural teams to achieve goals, and c) peer reflection on differences and similarities during collaboration. The study employed the Delphi method of expert judgment.Results: In the overall scale, Aiken's V values indicated that the clarity criterion did not attain an acceptable score. Therefore, a review is desired to determine which instrument items need reformulation. However, Aiken's V scores met acceptable coherence, relevance, and sufficiency values.The proposed scale contributes to research on collaborative online international learning experiences, serving as a valuable tool for future investigations, particularly those focused on measurement, and as a reference for evaluating COIL experiences among students.

    Keywords: Collaborative online international learning, higher education, instrument validation, Educational innovation, Innovation competencies, Delphi method

    Received: 15 Mar 2024; Accepted: 24 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Rozo-García, ALCANTAR NIEBLAS and Ramirez-Montoya. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Maria-Soledad Ramirez-Montoya, Institute for the Future of Education, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Monterrey, 64849, México, Mexico

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