This is a survey designed to discover information about the perceived need for communication and ethics curriculum in current STEM programs. The report findings will be shared at a conference and perhaps at a later date as part of a publication. The survey contains questions about your perceptions of existing communication and ethics components and questions about whether these should/should not be included in STEM education efforts.
The survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete; there are no right or wrong answers to the survey -- just work quickly and record your first impression. You will not be identified individually by your responses and all results will be presented only in aggregate format to others if the findings are presented at a conference or published. The answers you provide will be kept confidential to the extent permitted by law. We will not collect information that would let us identify you as an individual; ip addresses will not be collected in the course of the study and results will only be shared in aggregated form. Your confidentiality will be maintained to the degree permitted by the technology used. Specifically, no guarantees can be made regarding the interception of data sent via the Internet by any third parties. There are no foreseeable risks to you as a participant in this project; nor are there any direct benefits. However, your input is extremely valued and may indirectly relate to STEM curriculum changes.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Dr. Laura Terlip by calling 319-273-2999 or emailing her at
laura.terlip@uni.edu If I am not available when you call, please leave a message and she will call back. If you have questions about your rights as a participant in this research project, please contact the UNI Institutional Review Board (IRB) Human Protections Administrator at 319-273-6148 or by e-mail at
anita.gordon@uni.edu.
Thank you for your input. I appreciate your cooperation.