Some colleagues and I are working on a digital learning platform called Planet
Lab that (among other things) is specifically being designed to accommodate
what Nicole is describing.
We are in the process of conducting interviews with different types of
potential users (teachers,
Hi Emily,
I am about one year post PhD. I approached a few professors with a project idea
in mind. A couple said This is interesting but my lab isn't the right place to
do it, and one (who became my advisor) expressed admiration for the initiative
that I took in coming up with my own ideas. In
Hi David,
Let me preface this by saying I am not active on social media. The extent of my
presence is a mostly inactive Facebook account that is more personal than
professional. However, I fully recognize that I am increasingly in the
minority. Many of my colleagues tweet/Facebook/blog/Reddit