RE-ADAPTATION OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE EVALUATION OF VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION PROJECT CALLED LOVEDISTANCE /READAPTACION DE UN INSTRUMENTO PARA LA EVALUACION DE ENTORNOS VIRTUALES DE APRENDIZAJE EN EL PROYECTO EUROPEO DE EDUCACION INCLUSIVA DENOMINADO LOVEDISTANCE

This research aimed to re-adapt an instrument for the evaluation of Virtual Learning Environments (VLE), specifically the DELES (Distance Education Learning Environments Survey), for use in the European Inclusive Education Project called LOVEDISTANCE (Learning Optimization and Academic Inclusion Via Equitable Distance Teaching and Learning). The initial assumption is that the instrument may be useful, but it is outdated and not necessarily focused on the objectives of the LOVEDISTANCE project, in particular that of Inclusive Education. An international group of experts in education, information technologies and educational inclusion was convened and a focus group was held to analyze what modifications and changes they would make to the DELES. To process the information obtained, a quantitative-qualitative approach was used, where, in the first instance, the measure of consensus among experts was used to measure the statistical reliability of the experts' responses, and then an analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to determine whether there were significant differences between the groups' means; then, a detailed qualitative analysis was made of the observations based on three axes of analysis: considerations of the research exercise, profile of the researchers and analysis of each scale of the instrument. Some of the most relevant conclusions were that the instrument is, for the most part, useful for the purposes of the LOVEDISTANCE project, but requires a rewriting that implies, on the one hand, simplifying it by merging some items that are repetitive; and on the other hand, orienting it more towards educational inclusiveness. Keywords: virtual learning environments, evaluation instruments, DELES, LOVEDISTANCE. Esta investigation tuvo por objetivo re adaptar un instrumento para la evaluation de Entornos Virtuales de Aprendizaje (EVA), especificamente el DELES (Distance Education Learning Environments Survey), para su uso en el Proyecto Europeo de Educacion Inclusiva denominado LOVEDISTANCE (Learning Optimization and Academic Inclusion Via Equitative Distance Teaching and Learning). El supuesto inicial es que el instrumento puede ser util, pero esta desactualizado y no necesariamente enfocado a los objetivos del proyecto LOVEDISTANCE, en particular al de Educacion Inclusiva. Se convoco a un grupo internacional de expertos en education, tecnologias de la informacion e inclusion educativa, y se procedio a hacer un focus group para analizar que modificac