Resumen

RAMOS AZCUY, Fridel Julio; GUERRA BRETANA, Rosa Mayelin  y  VALENCIA BONILLA, María Beatriz. Quality in academic postgraduate studies: design and validation of an evaluation instrument. Revista San Gregorio [online]. 2024, vol.1, n.58, pp.10-16. ISSN 2528-7907.  https://doi.org/10.36097/rsan.v1i58.2732.

Systematic self-assessment of master's programs taught totally or partially in virtual environments allows the improvement of these and favors evidence-based decision making. Self-assessment effectiveness is to a large extent due to indicators that are defined to carry it out. Value determination of these indicators for the self-assessment´s objectives achievement is the first step to the realization of this. Given the above, the objective of this work was to implement an instrument for evaluating the self-assessment´s indicators for quality of virtual programs master's. It was carried out identification and analysis of scientific articles, design guides and technical standards that address the evaluation of indicators. The Google and Google Scholar search engine was used with the keywords: indicators, indicator systems, indicator evaluation. As a result of the analysis, six indicators’ quality criteria used in the master's virtual programs self-assessment were identified. An instrument was developed to measure these six criteria through a five-level Likert scale. Pilot test of designed instrument allowed its validation and improve the indicators used in master's virtual programs self-assessment in the Chair of Quality, Metrology and Standardization of the University of Havana.

Palabras clave : Higher education; web-based instruction; program improvement; measurement; self-evaluation.

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