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Evaluation of the Quality of Learning Objects in the Health Care Area: Evidence of Validity and Internal

In Brazil, distance education plays an important role in the training of human resources in the health area. In this context, learning objects, understood as modular digital resources used to support learning, are widely used tools in the process of knowledge construction, although not all are valid resources. To date, the literature does not have a specific instrument in Portuguese to evaluate the quality of learning objects in the health area. In order to fill this gap, this paper describes the search for evidence of validity of internal structure and convergent validity of Equalis-OAS: Scale to evaluate the quality of learning objects in the health area. For the study, Equalis-OAS was applied to professionals and undergraduate students from the different areas of Health Sciences, all participants taking a continuing education health course about Food and Nutrition in Primary Health Care. One thousand and sixty-nine volunteers participated in the study. An Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed that the instrument, which has as its construct “Quality of learning objects for the health area”, covers three dimensions: “Intrinsic Concepts of Learning Objects in the Health Area”, “Educational Characteristics” and “Presentation”. The final instrument consisted of 41 items, which explained 66.8% of the total variance of the scores. The scale had excellent internal consistency indexes (overall scale: α = 0.979; “Intrinsic Concepts of Learning Objects”: α = 0.927; “Educational”: α = 0.947; “Presentation”: α = 0.977). Regarding convergent validation, Pearson’s correlation indicated that Equalis-OAS had a moderate correlation (r=0.59, p<0.01) with LORI version 2.0, translated into Portuguese, an instrument for the evaluation of learning objects in general (i.e., not specific to the health area). These results indicate that Equalis-OAS is an instrument that presents good evidence of validity, indicating its use in the context of health education and research

Estudo da Unidimensionalidade da Escala para Avaliação da Qualidade dos Objetos de Aprendizagem da Área da Saúde (Equalis-OAS)

In the presente study, one-dimensionality, the functionality of the categories of response, and the reliability regarding Equalis-OAS were investigated. Equalis-OAS is a five-point Likert scale, written in Portuguese, designed from the perspective of psychometric precepts, with a view to evaluating the Quality of Learning Objects in the Healthcare field. The study involved 1,766 health practitioners, participants of continuing Education courses carried out in the distance modality provided by the Telehealth Program of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (TelessaúdeRS-UFRGS). Results suggest that although Equalis-OAS has its items distributed in three categories (Intrinsic Concepts; Educational; Presentation) the adoption of one-dimensionality may be applied without compromising the reliability of the scale. Moreover, Equalis-OAS “neither agree nor disagree” point proved to be of little relevance, suggesting future applications with four points. The calculation of the Rating Scale shows that the parameters of people and items were estimated with high precision, indicating evidence of the scale’s reliability. The analyses performed covering the one-dimensionality of the instrument, the exclusion of an item, and the exclusion of the neutral point did not compromise the evidence pointing towards the instrument’s validity, that is, Equalis-OAS continues measuring what it was set to measure, namely the quality of learning objects aimed at the healthcare field.   Keywords:Distance education. Health education. Validation studies. Item response theory. Rating scale.  No presente estudo foi investigada unidimensionalidade, o funcionamento das categorias de resposta e a fidedignidade para a Equalis-OAS, uma escala Likert, com cinco pontos, escrita em Língua Portuguesa, desenvolvida sob a ótica dos preceitos psicométricos, com vistas a avaliar a Qualidade de Objetos de Aprendizagem da Área da Saúde. O estudo envolveu 1.766 profissionais de saúde, participantes de cursos de educação continuada realizados na modalidade a distância disponibilizados pelo Telessaúde do Rio Grande do Sul (TelessaúdeRS-UFRGS). Os resultados sugerem que, embora a Equalis-OAS tenha seus itens distribuídos em três categorias (Conceitos Intrínsecos; Educacional; Apresentação) a adoção da unidimensionalidade pode ser adotada, sem comprometer a confiabilidade da escala. Além disso, o ponto “não concordo nem discordo” da Equalis-OAS mostrou ser pouco relevante, sugerindo futuras aplicações com quatro pontos. O cálculo do Rating Scale aponta que os parâmetros de pessoas e itens foram estimados com elevada precisão, indicando evidências de confiabilidade da escala. As análises realizadas abarcando à unidimensionalidade do instrumento, a exclusão de um item e a exclusão do ponto neutro não comprometeram as evidências de validade do instrumento, ou seja, a Equalis-OAS permanece medindo o que se propõe a medir, isto é, a qualidade de objetos de aprendizagem voltados a área da saúde.  . Palavras-chave: Educação a distância. Educação em saúde. Estudos de validação. Teoria de resposta ao item. 

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