Virtual Research Caves (VIRC) are focused working sessions, offered through the CTL for Pratt faculty to support research and writing SoTL work within a community. VIRCs are scheduled approximately once per month and are structured to enable focused progress on your work, with an added community accountability for your efforts.
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Here is what previous participants have said about VIRCs:
- I love the idea and I am always looking for ways to concentrate more deeply and be less distracted
- I was 90% productive – I got through my to-do sprint list and drafted a document I’ve been avoiding for over a month!
- What I find most helpful about these sessions are the quiet, focused companionship
- I was able to get very focused and enjoy tasks that I thought would be rather painful to carry out
For more information about Cave Day process — which originally inspired Pratt’s Research Caves — or to join their professionally-led sessions, please see their website here: https://www.caveday.org/
For additional tools on utilizing for focused work, see these resources: https://www.caveday.org/tools