IRB

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Research in MUVEs is bounded by the same law and ethics as all social research authorized by university research review boards.

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From Multi-User Domain Object Oriented (MOO) as a High School Procedure for Foreign Language Acquisition

According to the rules of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Nova Southeastern University, all participants in a research project must give prior consent to participation. In a MOO program, there are two types of interlocutors, registered characters and guests. Although it is conceivable to contact all the registered characters before a research project begins, it is impossible to predict which guests will appear on any particular day. These guests are totally anonymous and can not be identified, thus prior consent cannot be asked for, nor granted.

From The Effects of Virtual Environments on Recall in Participants of Differing Levels of Field Dependence

Human subjects testing approval was granted for exempt status by the Virginia Tech Institutional Review Board effective January 31, 2002. A pilot study was performed to provide formative evaluation of the instruments and procedures. Changes made as a result of the pilot study were performed prior to the first test session. Experimental trials began on February 12, 2002.