Preparation of an online teaching readiness scale for higher education teachers / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

This study summarizes related studies on readiness for online teaching in China and globally and constructs an online teaching readiness scale for higher education teachers with reference to related studies on online teaching competency, blended teaching readiness, and influencing factors for online teaching. This scale includes five dimensions, i.e., belief, teaching readiness, technical readiness, online communication readiness, and institutional support. A questionnaire survey and statistical analyses were performed to investigate the rationality of the scale, and then the scale was modified. The results show that the indicators of the scale have a good degree of fitting, and this study provides a necessary standard for examining the online teaching readiness of higher education teachers and new ideas for online teaching in colleges and universities.