First, we need to get your consent to collect data about you and your family.
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We are asking parents of blind and visually impaired children to help us by taking part in a research project.
Before you decide if you want to help, it is important for you to understand why the research is being done and what taking part involves.
We hope our learnings will show a need for this research and make all this more enjoyable and effective. Participation is voluntary.
Please take the time to read the following information carefully and discuss it with your family. Please ask us if there is anything that is not clear or if you would like more information.
What is the purpose of this study?
OurKidsCode is a research project which aims to increase parental involvement in children’s computing education through family creative coding workshops. This project currently focuses on sighted families. VISION CODE is a special programme which enables young people with vision loss to learn how to code and develop their computational thinking skills. We want to figure out how to bridge the gap between the two projects: adapting the OurKidsCode model to suit the needs of families with blind and visually impaired children.
To do this we would like to invite you to share your views on computing education and your expertise through an online questionnaire. This is designed to help inform the development of workshops and is not a test!
We will ask in the questionnaire if you would be willing to give us contact details so we can contact you in the future with more information about such workshops.
Do I have to take part?
No. This is voluntary. Even if you decide to take part now, you are still free to change your mind at any time and without giving a reason. You can also decide to skip any questions you like.
What personal information do you collect?
All data collection will be anonymous, and it is up to you to decide whether to take part. Even if you decide to take part now, you are still free to change your mind at any time and without giving a reason. You can also decide to skip any questions you like.
What will happen to me if I take part?
You will be asked to complete an online questionnaire which will take around 15 minutes. We will ask in the questionnaire if you would be willing to give us contact details so we can get in touch in the future with more information about such workshops. If you agree to provide these contact details, we may reach out to you about your interest in future workshops.
What are the benefits of taking part?
While you will not benefit directly, you will be benefiting future participants and their communities as we figure out together how to best adapt this family-centred creative computing model to suit the needs of families with blind and visually impaired children.
Keeping you and your data safe
Our team are Garda vetted which means we are approved to work with families and children.
Your privacy is important to us. Any information we collect from you will not be linked to you or your family or your location so that you or your family members cannot be identified.
We will store personal information on secure password-protected servers at Trinity College for up to 7 years. Only the project team will have access to it. No hard copies of the data will be stored.
If you do provide your contact data, we will never share it with any third parties. If you decide you are no longer interested in the workshops, you may request that we delete your contact details.
Since the rest of your data is fully anonymous, it is not possible to remove it after submission. If you are at all worried about how your data is kept, please get in touch and we can answer your questions.
It is very unlikely, but if we become aware of anything that may put a child at risk, we are legally required to report it to the appropriate authorities to ensure the child’s safety.
What will happen to the results of this research?
There may be media reporting, lectures, conference presentations and academic publications written as a result of this project, however you and your family will not be identified.
What do I do if I have any further questions?
If you have any questions or concerns regarding your participation, please contact our project team at contact@ourkidscode.ie. They will be happy to answer any questions that you may have.
Thank you!
In order to participate in this survey, you will need to provide us with your explicit consent. Please click the “Take the Survey” button to proceed to the consent form and survey:
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This project is funded by Research Ireland and administered by the School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin. The project team consists of Assistant Professor Nina Bresnihan, Assistant Professor Glenn Strong, Louise Caldwell, Mary O’Mahony, Dr Richard Millwood, Dr Hao Lucy Liu, and Ross Devine from Trinity College Dublin.
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Data Controller
Data Protection Officer
Trinity College Dublin
Data Protection Officer
Secretary’s Office
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
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Email: dataprotection@tcd.ie
Website: www.tcd.ie/privacy
What is the lawful basis to use my personal data?
Information will only be used for this research study which aims to inform the development of the OurKidsCode Programme The legal basis for processing your personal data is Article 6(1)(e) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The legal basis for processing your sensitive personal data is Article 9(2)(j) GDPR.
What are my rights in relation to your use of my personal data?
You are entitled to request any of the rights below unless it would make it impossible or very difficult to carry out the research study:
- The right to access to your personal data;
- The right to receive a copy of your personal data;
- The right to ask us to restrict our use of your personal data;
- The right to ask us to correct inaccurate information about you; or
- The right to ask us to delete your personal data.
You are entitled to object to any further processing of the information we hold about you (except where it is de-identified). You can exercise these rights or learn more about data protection in relation to this study by contacting the Project Lead at Nina.Bresnihan@tcd.ie or the Trinity College Data Protection Officer (contact details above).
Please note that these rights relate to data which could identify you (personal data). If your data has been anonymised, we will not be able to access or delete it as we will have no way of being able to link the data to you.
If you are unhappy with how we have used your personal data, you can raise a concern with the Data Protection Commission via their online form – https://forms.dataprotection.ie/contact – or contact the Commission at:
Data Protection Commission
21 Fitzwilliam Square South
Dublin 2
D02 RD28
Ireland