Using Electronic Tools in Your Research: Law, Data Security and Your Obligations

Presenters: Drs. Sarah Hamill & Marguerite Koole

• Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2014
• 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm MST
  
• Adobe Connect: Contact FGS for information (fgs@athabascau.ca)

In this presentation, we plan to open a discussion about research in an online world. It is important to understand how your use of technology can affect privacy and confidentiality of your research participants. We have isolated four key areas that you should consider when planning your research: 1) the law of the country(ies) in which your research will take place; 2) research ethics requirements of any organizations that might be involved or affected; 3) institutional policies and procedures (such as universities, schools, hospitals, funding agencies); and 4) software/site licenses and agreements.  In particular, we will focus upon the implications of using cloud computing and the legalities of boilerplate agreements.

In order to prepare for this presentation, we invite you to participate in this very brief survey:

• https://secure3.athabascau.ca/limesurvey/index.php?sid=29464&newtest=Y&lang=en

[Note: This survey is completely voluntary. We are not collecting your data for any research purposes. We will, however, refer to the anonymous results during the presentation. If you submit your answers, we will not be able to remove them later because we will not have any identifying information with which we can identify you.]

• We have also been curating stories about cybersecurity on ScoopIt:
  http://www.scoop.it/t/educational-technology-law

About Us

Dr. Sarah Hamill has recently completed her PhD in Law at the University of Alberta. Her main areas of research include property law and legal history, and the intersections between these areas. Sarah is currently an instructor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta.

Dr. Marguerite Koole completed her Phd in 2013 in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning at Lancaster University in the UK. Marguerite is currently an instructional media analyst with the Centre for Distance Education at Athabasca University.