The aim of this research was to develop and validate the Questionnaire for Assessing
Educational Podcasts (QAEP), an instrument designed to gather students’ views about
four dimensions of educational podcasts: access and use, design and structure, content
adequacy, and value as an aid to learning. In study 1 we gathered validity evidence
based on test content by asking a panel of experts to rate the clarity and relevance
of items. Study 2 examined the psychometric properties of the QAEP, including
confirmatory factor analysis with cross-validation to test the factor structure of the
questionnaire, as well as item and reliability analysis. The results from study 1 showed
that the experts considered the items to be clearly worded and relevant in terms of
their content. The results from study 2 showed a factor structure consistent with the
underlying dimensions, as well as configural and metric invariance across groups. The
item analysis and internal consistency for scores on each factor and for total scores
were also satisfactory. The scores obtained on the QAEP provide teachers with direct
student feedback and highlight those aspects that need to be enhanced in order to
improve the teaching/learning process.
