FACULTY CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH
Modular Digital Course in Undergraduate Neuroscience Education
You are asked to participate in a research study conducted by Dr. William Grisham, from the Psychology Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. You were selected as a possible participant in this study because you are using teaching modules developed in the UCLA Psychology Department. Your participation in this research study is voluntary.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
This study is designed to test the efficacy of these teaching modules and provide feedback for the revision of the current modules and development of future modules.
PROCEDURES
If you volunteer to participate in this study, we would ask you to do the following:
- Provide students participating in your course with a five digit code to use for linking their data in our analyses.
- Fill-out an opinion questionnaire about your experiences with the module.
- Provide a distribution of grades using the five digit codes provided to students.
POTENTIAL RISKS AND DISCOMFORTS
We anticipate that you will experience no real risks or discomforts by participating in this study.
POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO SUBJECTS AND/OR TO SOCIETY
The results of the research may help us revise this module to make it a better, more effective teaching tool and help us develop future teaching tools to disseminate for free.
PAYMENT FOR PARTICIPATION
You will receive no payment for your participation but will receive our thanks.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Any information that is obtained in connection with this study and that can be identified with you or your students will remain confidential and will be disclosed only with your permission or as required by law. Confidentiality will be maintained by means of maintaining your data only indexed only by numerical codes. Data will be kept on password protected desktop computers kept under lock and key. Only investigators directly involved with this project will have access to the data.
PARTICIPATION AND WITHDRAWAL
You can choose whether to be in this study or not. If you volunteer to be in this study, you may withdraw at any time without consequences of any kind. You may also refuse to answer any questions you don’t want to answer and still remain in the study.
IDENTIFICATION OF INVESTIGATORS
If you have any questions or concerns about the research, please feel free to contact:
William Grisham, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
UCLA
1285 Franz Hall
P.O. Box 951563
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563
grisham@lifesci.ucla.edu
(310) 825-7990
RIGHTS OF RESEARCH SUBJECTS
You may withdraw your consent at any time and discontinue participation without penalty. You are not waiving any legal rights because of your participation in this research study. If you have questions regarding your rights as a research subject, contact the Office for Protection of Research Subjects, UCLA, 11000 Kinross Avenue, Suite 102, Box 951694, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1694, (310) 825-8714.