The researchers overseeing this study have created chatbots that have been trained on the course materials as academic support for your use in a similar manner as meeting with instructors or teaching assistant during office hours. We would like to investigate the use of this resource as a research study. The data will be collected anonymously and your responses cannot be connected to your identity. You will be asked to create a username and password to login and interact with the bot; please do not use or share identifying information. At the end of the semester, students may be surveyed about their use of the chatbot. If you volunteer to be in this study, your interactions with the chatbot will be recorded. There is no grade benefit to participation in this study. The level of participation is self-directed. You are free to interact with the chatbot as much, or as little, as you want.
The researchers and the University of Nevada, Reno will treat your identity and the information collected about you with professional standards of confidentiality and protect it to the extent allowed by law. You will not be personally identified in any reports or publications that may result from this study. The US Department of Health and Human Services, the University of Nevada, Reno Research Integrity Office, and the Institutional Review Board may look at your study records.
You may ask questions of the researcher at any time by contacting the following investigators of this study:
Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. You may stop at any time. Declining to participate or stopping your participation will not have any negative effects on you. Your grade in the relevant course is not affected by your participation in this study.
You may ask about your rights as a research participant. If you have questions, concerns, or complaints about this research, you may report them (anonymously if you so choose) by calling the University of Nevada, Reno Research Integrity Office at 775.327.2368.
Thank you for your participation in this study!