"Going Digital in Graduate School"

Going Digital in Graduate School: Tools & Techniques for Managing Your Time, Attention & Research

Date: September 14, 2023

Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Location: LNCO 2910

Prof. Sean Lawson | University of Utah

The transition from undergraduate to graduate student can be a real challenge. There are often more demands placed on graduate students, not least of which are tasks associated with teaching. What's more, graduate students must decide upon and carry out a research project of significantly longer duration and broader scope than those undertaken as as undergraduate. Thus, the tools and techniques used for managing undergraduate work may not be up to the task of managing time, attention, and research under the heightened pressures of graduate school. In this workshop, Professor Sean Lawson will introduce some essential methods and digital tools for effectively managing time, attention, and research materials in graduate school and beyond. These will include tools and techniques for implementing methods such as PARA, time blocking, Kanban, zettelkasten, and more. If you find it difficult at times to keep your head above water in graduate school, you will come away with some new tools and methods that will help lighten your workload.