I did my research using a VOIP program. To obtain consent, I sent an email to my respondents before our scheduled interview time, and then I had them agree to the contents verbally (and recorded the statement of consent, along with the rest of the interview). The first one or two times I did the interviews I read the consent form and then sent a copy after the interview. I found this too time consuming, and it was probably more difficult for the interviewee to follow along. Definitely not a good note to start an interview on. -Sara On Dec 17, 2007 3:59 PM, Burcu Bakioglu <bbakiogl@gmail.com> wrote:
Erika, i did my research in Second Life and I gathered informed consent with online digital notecards that you can create in SL, I also gathered some by sending my document via e-mail, AIM and such. Never used Skype because I never conducted interviews with it. I have encountered no problems what so ever.
On Dec 17, 2007 6:31 PM, Erika Pearson <erika.pearson@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
wrote:
I am curious as to people's experiences in gathering informed consent? Our university has a paper document that it requires participants to sign -- but I was wondering if any of you have any experience in alternate ways of gathering this consent (i.e.: email or electronic document, printing out and mailing back or even scanning in a signed copy of the document) and any problems you encountered.
any help would be much appreciated. cheers erika ~~ Erika Pearson Dept. of Media, Film and Communication. University of Otago P.O. Box 56 Dunedin 9054 Aotearoa/New Zealand Ph: (+0064 3) 479-8680 E-mail: erika.pearson@otago.ac.nz
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