Evaluation of Learning Attributes in Higher Education: A Methodological Guide Validation

• Autores: Mónica Hernández Campos, Antonio González Torres, Martha Quesada Sánchez, Giannina Ortiz Quesada, Francisco José García Peñalvo
• Localización: Proceedings TEEM 2022: Tenth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality / coord. por Francisco José García Peñalvo , Alicia García Holgado , 2023, ISBN 978-981-99-0941-4, págs. 345-354
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The accreditation of university programs by agencies affiliated to theWashington Accord requires the evaluation of learning attributes. This impliesthe design of new pedagogical and assessment approaches. Despite the existenceof previous studies that report results on the evaluation of learning attributes, itwas not possible to find qualitative research informing about the experience ofprofessors using step-by-step methodological guides. Consequently, this researchreports a case study on the identification of the strengths and weaknesses of amethodological guide for evaluating learning attributes. The case study was conducted through a focus group with the participation of experienced professorsin the evaluation of attributes in engineering programs. The study allowed us todetermine that the methodology is robust and only requires minor modifications,and it also made it possible to identify contextual factors that institutions shouldconsider during attribute evaluation processes. Although the aim of the study wasto validate the methodological guide, this research also enabled us to delve intothe subjective experiences of the participants and provided valuable input for institutions. The main contribution of this study is the experience and procedure usedto validate a methodological guide, for the evaluation of learning attributes in auniversity context.