Persian version of nursing students’ perceptions of an Online course scale: Translation and psychometric testing

Elsevier

Available online 1 May 2023

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There is a need to assess students' perceptions on how to improve the quality of e-learning that is reliable, up-to-date, and user friendly.

The results demonstrated that the Persian version of the student perceptions of an online course (SPOC) has good construct, convergent, and divergent validity and reliability, and good model of fit.

The P-SPOC could be a useful measure to assess nursing student perceptions about online course in Iran, especially in terms of course components and course format of online learning courses.

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the student perceptions of an online course (P-SPOC) measure among Iranian nursing students. In this cross-sectional study a total of 302 Iranian undergraduate nursing students filled the online questionnaire between October and December 2021. Validity (construct, convergent and divergent), and reliability of the P-SPOC were evaluated. For ensuring high quality the presence observational study the STROBE checklist was fulfilled. Total variance explained of the P-SPOC for the two factors namely course components and course format was estimated 51.84%. Using confirmatory factor modeling two factors have acceptable composite reliability, convergent and divergent validity. These results confirmed that the Persian version of the SPOC is a reliable and valid measure to assess nursing student perceptions of online courses in Iran.

Keywords

Nursing students

Online course

Reliability

Validity

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