This Web page is to request your agreement to participate as a subject in the research project, Watershed Explorations with Immersive Virtual Reality conducted by Dr. Alec Bodzin at Lehigh University.
The purpose of the study is to investigate how learning about the Lehigh River watershed using immersive virtual reality with gaming features and local contexts may be related to user engagement and broader understandings of the watershed. Participants must be within the USA at the time they take part in the study.
After you play the game, we will ask you to complete a survey about your experience while playing the game. The survey items focus on engagement and learning with the game. We will also ask you to tell us your gender, age, and ethnicity. It should take you about 35-40 minutes to complete the game and survey items.
Your participation in the study will involve approximately 35-40 minutes to complete the game and survey items.
The possible risks associated with this study are any typical discomfort you might feel when you play a video game on a computer screen.
The possible benefits to you from participation in this study are increasing your knowledge about the Lehigh Gap.
No information that can identify you personally, such as your name, will be collected. Other researchers could request the non-identifiable data after our study concludes.
Your decision whether or not to participate is voluntary. You are free to withdraw from this study at any time.
If you have any questions about this study and what is expected of you in this study, you may call Dr. Alec Bodzin at 610 758-5095.
You may report problems that may result from your participation or direct questions in regard to your rights as a subject in this study to Lehigh University's Office of Research Integrity at (610) 758-2871 or inirb@lehigh.edu. All reports or correspondence will be kept confidential.
To confirm that you have read and understand the information above, and to consent to participate in the study, please click the link on the Web site to play the game
PLAY MYSTERY OF THE LEHIGH GAP in a Web Browser
Click here to install Mystery of the Lehigh Gap on a PC computer (1.4GB)
This link will download a zip file called XXXXX
Once downloaded, right click the file and select: Extract all.
- This will create a XXXXX folder on your PC.
- Open the folder.
- Click XXXXX.exe to launch the game.
