[Air-L] Ethics in online virtual worlds

[Heidelberg, Chris]

I also used multiple blog, video, audio and social media sites to
distribute my results online for my committee, professors, researchers
and colleagues in order to demonstrate open research utilizing
convergence. I did obtain hard copies and electronic signatures too.
Initially, I utilized the email responses to my informed consent forms
to obtain consent. Later, I was able to get my subjects to fax email
their electronic signatures to me because fax emails are recognized in
Maryland.

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I'm not sure if this is relevant, but my study involved setting up blogs
for a group of PhD candidates at my own university for me to collect
data on their PhD process. I was told to email them a copy of the
information sheet that had been approved by the ethics committee. Their
emailed replies to me, agreeing to the conditions therein, was
sufficient consent to allow their participation.

M-H


On 1/8/07 9:11 AM, "Kevin Sherman" <kevin.sherman at aut.ac.nz> wrote:

> I will be interviewing and observing avatars within Second Life as 
> research for my phd.  I have been asked by my ethics board to obtain 
> hard copy signature consent from my participants rather than online 
> digital consent.  Can anyone direct me to literature pertaining to the

> practicalities of informed consent in online virtual worlds (mmogs, 
> mmorpgs, second life, etc..) or discuss their own experience with
this?
> 
> Thank you,
> Kevin
> 

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