Validation of the Community of Inquiry Survey (Spanish Version) at UNED Courses

Abstract

The paper covers the validation process of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) survey in its Spanish version. This task was undertaken by a group of researchers – the CO-Lab teaching innovation group – at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) in 2018, as a first step in the process of analysing the educational practices in the online courses we teach. The paper explains the CoI model, some studies that have validated the survey in different languages, and the validation we have developed at UNED. We conclude with a discussion and future studies we aim to undertake as a follow-up of this project.