I am an N of One

The research direction I’ve been taking has to do with web 2.0 and it’s application to doctoral learning. It occurred to me today, while sitting in a CIO Council meeting with all the guys (I was the only female CIO in the room… another topic for another day!) that we aren’t preparing the professors and researchers of the future with the right tool. There is a disjoint between what we know about the applicability of these learning and teaching tools to the “classroom” and what doctoral students will complete their work with. Of course, there’s always the issue of teaching preparation of academics (it’s minimal at best, in my observation) but I’ll just go with what I know. Question is, should I extend my researh to this issue or just focus on the learning process for doctoral students? We’ll see!