LinkedIn as a Tool for Higher Education Programme Evaluation

  1. Fresno Anabo, Icy 1
  2. Elexpuru Albizuri, Iciar 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Deusto
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    Universidad de Deusto

    Bilbao, España

    ROR https://ror.org/00ne6sr39

Revista:
RED: revista de educación a distancia

ISSN: 1578-7680

Año de publicación: 2017

Número: 53

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.6018/RED/53/8 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: RED: revista de educación a distancia

Resumen

El objetivo de esta investigación fué realizar una evaluación preliminar de los resultados del European Masters in Lifelong Learning: Policy and Management (MALLL) utilizando datos procedentes de Linkedln, junto con revisiones de documentos y entrevistas a responsables del máster. Los participantes son graduados de las promociones 2008-2014 y los datos se obtuvieron de las secciones experiencia laboral y educación en 75 perfiles, junto con testimonios extraídos del foro del grupo en LinkedIn. Los resultados muestran que el programa MALLL facilitó la movilidad académica y profesional de los egresados. Los perfiles profesionales manifiestan que sus roles están alineados con los objetivos del máster en términos de empleabilidad. Asimismo, los graduados percibieron resultados positivos relacionados con la interculturalidad. LinkedIn ha mostrado ser un potente instrumento para evaluar los resultados de un programa de Educación Superior. Tras una rigurosa consideración de sus beneficios y riesgos y asegurando un protocolo que garantice sus potencialidades, los evaluadores de programas pueden disponer de una rica y valiosa información, en combinación con la obtenida por métodos más tradicionales de recogida de datos

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