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Research Article

Validation of micro-strategies in the NetEdu Tool: a tool to connect educational ecosystems (Validación de microestrategias en la NetEdu Tool: una herramienta para conectar ecosistemas educativos)

Pages 455-485 | Received 23 Sep 2020, Accepted 15 Apr 2021, Published online: 15 Sep 2021
 

ABSTRACT

This study presents the validation of the final phase of the NetEdu Tool, an online tool targeted at promoting the social capital of networks of educational and social organizations in a region. The tool makes available to educational leaders the possibility of self-assessing their own socio-educational network bearing in mind five dimensions: collaboration, transversality, horizontality, co-responsibility and innovation. The NetEdu Tool also facilitates micro-strategies so leaders can implement them to improve the levels attained on each of the dimensions and of the community ecosystem as a whole. In this study, we validated the micro-strategies via a panel of eight expert judges who assessed the intelligibility, consistency and utility of the micro-strategies. The results show a good selection of micro-strategies and high consistency, but it was suggested that its intelligibility be improved by including further nuances, specificity and exemplification. Thus, a series of changes and improvements in the tool were introduced, piloted and applied targeted at its usability, intelligibility, utility and inclusion.

RESUMEN

El trabajo presenta la validación de la fase final de la NetEdu Tool, una herramienta online dirigida a impulsar el capital social de las redes de organizaciones educativas y sociales de un territorio. La herramienta pone al alcance de los líderes educativos la posibilidad de autoevaluar su propia red socioeducativa, teniendo en cuenta cinco dimensiones: colaboración, transversalidad, horizontalidad, corresponsabilidad e innovación. La NetEdu Tool además facilita microestrategias para que los líderes puedan implementarlas, mejorando así los niveles alcanzados en cada una de las dimensiones y en el conjunto del ecosistema comunitario. En el presente trabajo validamos las microestrategias a través de un panel de ocho jueces expertos que valoran la inteligibilidad, consistencia y utilidad de las microestrategias. Los resultados muestran una buena selección de microestrategias y una alta consistencia, pero se sugiere mejorar su inteligibilidad incorpo- rando matices, concreción y ejemplificación. Así, se introducen, pilotan y aplican una serie de cambios y mejoras en la herramienta dirigidos a su usabilidad, inteligibilidad, utilidad e inclusión.

Acknowledgements / Agradecimientos

This study was conducted as part of project 2017-URL-proj-005 funded by the Universidad Ramon Llull. / Esta investigación se ha realizado dentro del proyecto 2017-URL-proj-005 subvencionado por la Universidad Ramon Llull.

Disclosure statement / Conflicto de intereses

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. / Los autores no han referido ningún potencial conflicto de interés en relación con este artículo.

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