From 9c5106ea05be3655ea842f69744f6562c086979a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: njlyon0 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 14:37:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Adding content from the README into the home page to make the site feel a little less template-y --- index.qmd | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.qmd b/index.qmd index 464e7a5..dba3e40 100644 --- a/index.qmd +++ b/index.qmd @@ -2,10 +2,18 @@ title: "Course Overview" --- -This is a Quarto website. +Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers (SSECR; _\[SEE-ker\]_) is a newly-designed course organized by the [Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network](https://lternet.edu/). This course aims to address the need for more comprehensive interpersonal and data skills in ecology. -To learn more about Quarto websites visit . +## Course Priorities -```{r} -1 + 1 -``` +- Surface and test new synthesis ideas for feasibility +- Prepare more graduate students to be effective participants in/leaders of the synthesis project +- Connect LTER graduate students across sites +- Develop intergenerational linkages around synthesis research + +## Course Structure + +- Participants: ~27 (approx. 1 graduate students from each [LTER site](https://lternet.edu/site/)) +- Time frame: Biweekly meetings (1 session / 2 weeks) over the course of 9 months +- Course management: LTER Network Office (LNO) +- Instruction: LNO staff, guest speakers, LTER Network-recruited mentors