Sistermans, Ilse Johanna http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7753
Funding for this research was provided by:
Maastricht University
Article History
Received: 21 March 2020
Revised: 2 November 2020
Accepted: 3 November 2020
First Online: 18 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Higher education professionals, involved in online and blended higher education programs, answered a number of questions during a recorded standardized open-ended interview. Dutch legal requirements for expert interviews do not require a human subject review committee, as experts are not subject to the Dutch Law on Research involving Human Subjects (WMO, ExternalRef removed). The research adhered to general ethical guidelines for interviews, seeking permission from the interviewees to record and quote the responses, and granting the interviewees the right to request confidentiality and the omission of any (part) of their responses, during or after the interview.
: The interviewees and the researcher signed a written informed consent, co-signed by the researcher (i.e., author of this paper), to participate, and for the interview to be recorded and transcribed for the purpose of this research. The written consent states that the actual recording remains in the personal files of the researcher. By signing the consent, the interviewees agreed that their participation was voluntary and that they could stop at any time, they would not receive any benefit or payment for participation, and that any edits necessary ensuring effectiveness and confidentiality could be made.
: The interviewees signed an informed written consent, co-signed by the researcher (i.e., author of this paper), in which the interviewees were granted the opportunity to review notes, transcripts or other data pertaining to participation, and granting the author permission to quote their responses directly, and to publish documents containing their respective replies and quotations.