Transcript EA Session 1 August - STARS Computing Corps

EVALUATION ASSISTANT (EA)
AUGUST SESSION
STARS Alliance 2012
Tuesday Cohort C1 - Aug. 21
Wednesday Cohort C2 - Aug. 22
Noon - 1:30 pm
AGENDA
Introductions
 Practical Matters: Semester cycle & ‘syllabus,’
tools
 First Assignments
 About the Research Project
 IRB
 Narratives
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WHERE MATERIALS ARE
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EA Affinity Group (STARS Online):
Where ALL our EA content and support documents will be
 All Announcements, Discussions
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Community.starsalliance.org
FIRST ASSIGNMENTS
Select your Cohort(s)
 Report who your SLC members are (at each cohort
meeting)
 Obtain Signed Consent forms for all SLC members;
upload onto Drop Box Folder
 Establish a system for SLC Activity Reports
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either you do them all, or designate/remind others
ABOUT THAT RESEARCH PROJECT….
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Who’s already doing outcomes research (studies)
with their Outreach Participants?
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Share your materials on our EA Affinity Groups
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IRB application, consent forms, surveys, etc.
ABOUT THAT RESEARCH PROJECT….
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Who’s just starting and where are you?
What is your outreach area?
 What is your idea- in general?
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We’ll get more specific in September as you begin
We’ll be forming research groups so we can work
together- called ‘pods’
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Or do we prefer another term???
IRB: STEP 1 FOR RESEARCH
 What
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is IRB?
Institutional Review Board compliance with
research ethics; government regulated for any
research done
 Typically
we think of medical studies
People have the right to be informed when in an
experiment
 The same is true in social behavioral studies
 People must be informed of what they are
participating in and why
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IRB: STEP 1 FOR RESEARCH
Determine what you plan to study
1.
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E.g. 5th graders’ attitudes about computing
before your robot program and after your
robot program
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FYI: this is quasi-experimental, repeated
measures design
Contact your IRB office: take the
Human Subjects ethics test, fill out the
IRB application
3.
Begin your study AFTER obtaining IRB
approval
TIP- view a sample IRB application on the
EA Affinity Group site :)
2.
IRB: STEP 1 FOR RESEARCH
What makes IRB complex:
Obtaining consent from your participants
minors require parental consent
Tracking collected data accurately, consistently,
over time
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document what you do- you will forget!
Jump in and get started
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We’ll refine your research project throughout the
semester as we discuss research design, and can
amend IRB as needed
LET’S RECAP: HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY
Did you do all current assignments? Catch up
now
 Determine what your research project is & get
IRB approval
 Keep monitoring SLC members- make sure they
submit online SLC Activity Reports
 Discuss your SOW with SLC Leader
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