Lau, Li Hui, Candice
Wong, Jolin Xin Ni
Azfar, Julian
Gallagher, Paul John
Koh, Leroy
Funding for this research was provided by:
National University of Singapore Teaching Enhancement Grant (TEG) AY2020
Article History
Received: 31 December 2022
Accepted: 15 November 2023
First Online: 27 November 2023
Declarations
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: Approval for the research protocol was granted by the Learning and Analytics Committee on Ethics (LACE) of NUS. The LACE reference number for this study is L2020-07–03. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations as follows: National University of Singapore Institutional Review Board (NUS-IRB) guidelines, Personal Data Protection Act of Singapore, Student Data Protection Policy of NUS, Data Protection Policy of NUS, and IT Security Policy of NUS.During recruitment, an invitation email was sent out to the students to obtain voluntary informed consent to participate in the questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Students who consented were then provided with the attached participant information sheet and consent form. No personal information was requested nor needed to be provided to the research team beyond the details necessary for scheduling and conducting the interview. Any such details provided by participants were not recorded as research data. Although an audio version of each interview was recorded, the interviews were transcribed as soon as possible and the audio files were destroyed once the transcripts were verified as accurate. This occurred no more than two weeks after the conducted interviews. All personal data revealed in the interviews were masked or coded in the transcripts. The written surveys were completely anonymous as well.Acknowledgement of the consent terms of the interviews and questionnaires was implied once a student participated in the interviews and questionnaires. Consent statements were also read to each student by the research assistant, and each participant had to verbalize agreement before proceeding with the interview. Suppose a participant changed their mind about participating prior to participating in the interview, they might choose to inform the research assistant at any time and the scheduled interview would be cancelled. As their participation was anonymous, there would be no way for research data to be deleted if a participant decided to withdraw from the research after participating in the interviews or surveys.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.