In one MMLA nursing simulation study, 11 of 14 interviewed students preferred opt-out over opt-in consent, but most did not fully read the explanatory statement¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · qualitative r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Eleven of 14 interviewed students favoured the opt-out consent approach, citing ease of participation, while three preferred opt-in for autonomy. → Jin 2024 q2 i? Although all participants knew of the explanatory statement and their right to opt out, only five fully read it. → Jin 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Jin 2024¶

Jin, Y., Echeverria, V., Yan, L., Zhao, L., Alfredo, R., Tsai, Y.-S., Gašević, D., & Martinez-Maldonado, R. (2024). FATE in MMLA: A Student-Centred Exploration of Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics in Multimodal Learning Analytics. Journal of Learning Analytics, 11(3), 6–23. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2024.8351

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Interview study on ethics (RQ4) with 14 third-year nursing students who took part in one authentic MMLA simulation. Eleven favoured opt-out for ease of participation; three preferred opt-in, valuing "autonomy" and "more control and more informed choice."

"When discussing the preference between opt-out and opt-in consenting, 11 participants (P1–4, P6, P8–10, and P12–14) favoured the opt-out approach used in the study. In contrast, three participants (P5, P7, and P11) preferred the opt-in method."

Jin 2024 (2)¶

Jin, Y., Echeverria, V., Yan, L., Zhao, L., Alfredo, R., Tsai, Y.-S., Gašević, D., & Martinez-Maldonado, R. (2024). FATE in MMLA: A Student-Centred Exploration of Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics in Multimodal Learning Analytics. Journal of Learning Analytics, 11(3), 6–23. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2024.8351

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Same ethics theme: reasons for not reading included length (the document was just over two pages), trust in the research, and skimming; reading did not guarantee full comprehension.

"While all participants were aware of the statement and their rights to opt out, only five (P5, P9, P10, P12, P14) fully read it."

Discussion¶

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