DS: MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) - Academic Integrity & Ethics in Practice
Topic outline
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In your doctoral study, most of you will complete an actual research project – your doctoral thesis. An important part of competence of any scientist and scholar are their research integrity and knowledge of research ethics. Such concepts may sound a little dry to you. Understanding the rules of good research practice, however, is critical for successful completion of your study and for your future career – not only in academic environment. Many of the skills and attitudes you are going to practice in this course will prepare you for success beyond academia.
More specifically, you will learn about:
1) Why is researcher’s integrity so important and what is research ethics
2) Ethical frameworks and how they help with decision making
3) Tools to enhance the transparency of your research and to avoid some threads to its quality
4) Informed consent and protection of human participants in research
5) Supervision and mentoring in academic environment
6) Collaborating with others in research teams
7) Some ethical challenges in contemporary research environment
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You as a student researcher surely want doing what’s right. But there is a problem. How do you make a decision when you’re between two “rights”, and you can’t do both? Ethical dilemmas are often situations when you must make a choice and when you make that choice, something good is lost. That is why ethical dilemmas are difficult for everyone. In this unit, you will learn about some concepts and procedures that help in handling ethical dilemmas in research.
After going through this unit, you are able to:
- Identify some pressing ethical issues of contemporary science
- Name some milestones in development of research ethics concepts and approaches
- Understand the key ethical frameworks and how they provide a means of thinking about research dilemmas
- Know the rules for approval of (student) research projects at your university (faculty)
At the end of this unit, you will take a short quiz to revise your understanding of the concepts presented in this unit.
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