Table 2.

Four categories of Internet-based education in research ethics.

Type	Student online access to	Examples
Resources	Posting of information about research ethics without documentation of participation or mastery	See links at: http://research-ethics.net/introduction/portal
Supplementary	Syllabus and other resources to supplement an in- person course	Scientific Ethics at UC San Diego: http://ethics.ucsd.edu/courses/ethics
Tutorial	Materials coupled with questions (typically multiple choice) to assess completion and understanding	Course in the Responsible Conduct of Research, CITI https://www.citiprogram.org/rcrpage.asp Responsible Conduct of Research, CMDITR http://nationalethicscenter.org/index.php?option=com_rcrtutorial Responsible Conduct of Research, Columbia University http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/rcr Program for Education and Evaluation in Responsible Research and Scholarship, University of Michigan http://my.research.umich.edu/peerrs
Course	Syllabus and other resources to supplement an online learning environment to interact with other students and/or the instructor by discussion boards, e- mail conversations, instant messaging, etc.	Research Ethics, U Nebraska Medical Center (1999–2005) (Mann, 1999) Scientists and Subjects, Indiana University (1999–2006) (Pimple, 2005) Scientific Integrity, UC San Diego (1999-present): http://ethics.ucsd.edu/courses/integrity