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Participants wanted: Evaluation of an educational game for smartphone security awareness

Posted by Faculty of Computer Science on December 20, 2021 in General Announcements

You are invited to participate in a research study conducted by researchers at Dalhousie University. The goal of the study is to understand and evaluate the effectiveness of an educational game for improving user-awareness and self-efficacy towards secure smartphone behaviour.

The participant would typically take about 30-45 minutes to complete the whole study over the course of one week.

• Reading the consent form (2 mins)

• Completing the Pre-Study Survey (10 mins)

• Interacting with the educational game at home (Participant would have 1 week to play the educational game)

• Completing the Post-Study responses (15 mins)

• Optional Post-Study Interview (15mins)

Reward (i.e., Compensation):

A chance to win one of four $25 Amazon gift cards.

Qualifications Required:

Age: 18 and above

• Should have access to an Android Smartphone

Language Proficiency – English

This research study is being conducted by researchers at Dalhousie University,

• Anirudh Ganesh – Lead researcher

• Dr. Rita Orji – Supervisor

To sign up, contact: an948708@dal.ca