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Due to the downtime of our server the forum is not available at this time July 2003: CIERD lunched the Web forum to address the educational and research problems of graduate and professional students. We hope that forum will foster more effective interaction between students in various departments and will keep us nformed about all the important news.State your problem and help the others |
Do you have questions from classes or research? Are you interested in becoming more aware of conferences and meetings in your field of interest? Do you want more resources to enhance your professional development? Are you looking to meet people with common professional interests? If so, the Student Center for Integrated Education, Research, and Development (CIERD) is here to help you out. Come visit our online forum at http://cierd.pratt.duke.edu/forum/ . Users across Duke can post questions, replies, and topics for general discussion in academic areas ranging from sociology to nanotechnology and combinations in between. Check out our online forum poster. Please share this link with your colleagues and friends |
| Here are some tips of how to use the forum it is easy and quick! |
| 1. Select Register |
| 2. Choose the Username you like. |
3. Select the e-mail you want to receive the forum password. |
| 4. Accept registration form |
| 5. Check your e-mail to get the password |
| 6. Select Login |
| 7. Put your username and password |
| 8. Once you login you will see the discussion categories. Choose the one most appropriate for you and enter that category |
| 9. Select Start new topic. Describe you, problem, news, suggestions |
| 10. Select Post. Now you should see your post online |
| 11. Return back again in some time to check for replies if you post a problem |
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The CIERD forum is an internet based arena where ideas can be exchanged and discussions can take place on variuos scientific topics. The forum establishes a medium by which users can actively communicate with each other across a wide variety of disciplines in a virtual environment. The principle behind the forum is simple: One posts a question and then waits for a reply. Participants periodically check the forum to see if any new topics have been posted that they could respond to. The topics can range from very general in nature to specific. An example of a general question would be: "Who do I talk to to find out if Duke has an Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) that I could use?". šThe answer might be: "You can contact the Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility (SMIF) to find out how to access their SEM." If someone has vast knowledge in a specific topic, their answer might be longer and more specific. Another person might know of a reference to a journal article or a website to point the person in the right direction. The forum exists to unite scientists, engineers, and doctors of all disciplines in one arena where users can ask and answer scientific questions while building a network of people with similar research interests, but differing technical backgrounds. |
