Inform+consent+form

You are invited to participate in a research study that is being conducted for a dissertation at Northcentral University in Prescott, Arizona. The purpose of this study is to examine how language educators the link ( if any) between an ongoing development of a personal learning network (PLN) and the pursuit of one’s own professional development through interactions that occur at the @EduQuiki Connection and anywhere else on the web. There is no deception in this study as I am interested in obtaining qualitative information on current teaching practices in terms of socio-technical relations.
 * Purpose **:

EFL/ESL educators in higher education will be asked to participate in a variety of online and face-to-face sessions this semester about current teaching practices, behaviors, attitudes, and actions that relate to teaching English to students of other languages. The only requirement is that you are actively teaching at least one EFL course at the university level.
 * Participation Requirements **:

The following person is involved in this research project and may be contacted at any time: user:bnleez
 * Research Personnel **:

There is no known risk in this study and there will be no repercussions due to individual or group opinions with respect to individual or group evaluations. In other words, you will not be penalized in any way (e.g., teacher evaluation, future contractual opportunities, etc.) for sharing particular viewpoints or experiences throughout the period the study is to be conducted. You reserve the right to withdraw from this study at any time and in doing so will also not affect your teacher evaluation in any way.
 * Potential Risk and Discomfort **:

Although there are not direct benefits (i.e., incentives of any kind) for participating in this study, the participatory nature of the study is meant to assist each educator in terms of becoming a more effective, eficient, and connected practitioner. Since all contributions performed by the educator during the research period will be open, a certain degree of recognition is possible. The potential benefit is intersubjective and will depend on the degree each participant is willing to remain active in the creative and reflective processes.
 * Potential Benefit **:

 Any data collected from non-public websites (i.e., surveys, personal reflections, etc.) for the purpose of this study are confidential. All private data (i.e., data that is not shared publicly on the part of the participant ) are coded such that names are not associated with them. In addition, the coded data are available only to the researcher associated with this project for a period of one year, at which time all private information will be properly destroyed.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Anonymity/Confidentiality **:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">You have the right to withdraw from the study at any time without penalty.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Right to Withdraw **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">I would be happy to answer any questions that may arise about the study. Please direct your questions or comments to user:bnleez.
 * Questions:**

If you wish to participate in this study, please copy and paste the following text (Your electronic signature indicating that you agree to participate in the study) and email it to user:bnleez:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Signatures **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">**Consent** //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">: // //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">I have read the consent form found at https://eduquiki.wikispaces.com/Inform+consent+form// <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">//describing the purpose of the study, and understand the conditions of my participation//. //**I,**// //__**provide your full name here,**__// //**agree to participate in this study.**//

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Thank you Benjamin Stewart user:bnleez