Pilot 1 - Research Data

Three main aims inform the collection and generation of data in Pilot 1: [1] achieving the pilots' research objectives, as outlined in the previous section, and [2] managing and monitoring the pilots' implementation and [3] informing technical developments in the ARETE WWL app. Anonymised student information has been collected in the form of pre and post intervention standardised tests of reading and spelling competence, in order to compare and evaluate the students’ progress with or without the use of the interactive AR content toolkit. Only the students code, month and year of birth and assessment outcomes will be shared outside the school environment for analysis. The anonymised paper NARA II and VERNON test forms will be stored by participating schools. In addition parents of the students in the intervention and control groups have been requested to complete an anonymised online ‘ProfilED’ Case History form, which is sent directly to WWL for data analysis. The sender's email was not logged nor is there any identifying information on the form. The information gathered in this form is essential for the analysis of Pilot 1 test outcomes as it can identify if certain developmental patterns or comorbid issues enhance or detract from AR intervention outcomes. This data has been securely stored on a server, PC and on an external hard drive (stored in a safe off site).

Pilot 1 collects only personal information (name, surname, contact information) from the participating teachers, in the form of consent forms (necessary to obtain the participants’ consent to participate in the ARETE research activities). These consent forms have been collected by European Schoolnet (EUN) and stored on EUN’s secure servers. All personal data collected within the project activities will be anonymised upon completion of the project, apart from data that need to be kept for the full audit period.

In accordance with the data minimization principle, no personal information from the participating students or their parents/legal guardians will be transferred to EUN or to other members of the ARETE consortium for the purpose of Pilot 1. The only personal information collected from students and their parents/legal guardians  has been for the purpose of acquiring consent/assent, and these forms have been collected at the level of each participating school. EUN has established a Memorandum of Understanding with each participating school in Pilots 1, in order to ensure that: [1] the heads of the participating schools are appropriately informed about the research carried out in the context of the ARETE project and have provided their agreement for the school to participate in research and [2] that the schools have all the necessary permissions from the parents/legal guardians of the pupils participating in the ARETE research or, in the case such permissions do not exist at the school level, ensure that the schools collect all necessary consent forms from the participating students. This measure is meant to reduce the transfer of sensitive personal information between organisations unless absolutely necessary.