Upcoming Events
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Event Categories:An Introduction to Open and Social Knowledge Production: An Intensive Workshop
September 5, 2025 1:00 pm
This fall, eLaboratories—in partnership with the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab at the University of Victoria—will host a month-long workshop focused on introducing and exploring the definition, contexts, methodologies, and affordances of open and social knowledge production. During the month of September, cohort members will meet once weekly on Fridays from 1:00–2:00 PM (Eastern Time) for a discussion on related readings and topics, with conversations or content to be led by Ray Siemens, Graham Jensen, Alyssa Arbuckle, Matt Huculak, and Randa El-Katib.
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Where is the project’s progress? Where should it be? How does the team get there?: Tools for tracking and evaluating project work
So, you have planned your project, gotten approval from all stakeholders and team members that they agree with the plan and are committed to their part, and started to implement …
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Which project management tool should I use? How do I know which is the best one?
In my years of teaching project management and consulting on projects, I found that a common question project managers and their teams ask me relates to what type of software and/or platforms they should use to plan and track a project. I find it hard to recommend a particular software and/or platform because so many different options exist, and it depends so much on the project and the team. The decision requires thinking about needs and technical capabilities, geographical distribution, legal frameworks, and other similar considerations.
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“Who is leading the meeting and who is taking notes?”: The role of a team charter in successful collaboration.
Is the above question — “who is leading the meeting and who is taking notes?” — one that is familiar to you? Or, have you encountered challenges within your team which caused conflict and delayed work? These are common problems that people face when working in collaboration with others. But how can a team work to minimize problems while trying to get the work done? What tools and strategies exist? One such tool is the team charter.
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About the eLabs Website Launch
We would like to take a moment to introduce you to what you can find on our site today and what you can expect to find on it in the coming months.
What People Say
“Due to increasingly collaborative interdisciplinary projects, many digital humanists find themselves as “instant” or “accidental” managers. They are leading teams of researchers from a variety of disciplines, research assistants, librarians and others as well as managing financial and other resources. As a result, they are exploring the application of project management to research, teaching, and service activities. Project management is a set of tools that is used to manage projects to a successful conclusion and includes directing and coordinating people and resources in order to attain objectives to satisfy various stakeholders.”
Lynne Siemens, University of Victoria