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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In the Learning Unit 2, you saw that modern research ethics arose primarily from efforts to protect the rights of research participants. The current concept of research integrity is broader and includes more issues. However, when people are involved, it is still the general rule that the research study should only proceed with participants’ valid informed consent. Do you agree with the previous sentence? Or is it sometimes possible to study people without informing them in advance (covert research)? Must such consent always be in writing? And how to properly conduct research with the participation of children?
After going through this unit, you are able to:
After going through this unit, you will be able to:
- explain the rights of research participants;
- understand when, from whom and how to gather consent when doing research;
- recognize the need for parental permission/consent and assent of minor for research with children and adolescents;
- prepare an informed consent that is appropriate for the master student’s research.
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