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# Project Guidelines

Participants will be creating projects after the incubator week and presenting on them in early fall 2022 during which participants will receive feedback to help them further develop their work.&#x20;

It is understood that some participants will be able to get further with their projects than others. The DS Group will provide workshops that dive deeper into DS tools, consultations, and other types of project support.

**Projects may be one of the below.** (The descriptions are deliberately open-ended as we want you to get out of the process what is most meaningful to you.)

* A well-articulated plan for a researched-based DS project and a prototype that demonstrates aspects of how the project will work.
* A well-articulated plan for further developing an existing researched-based DS project and a prototype that demonstrates aspects of how the new developments will work.&#x20;
* A digital pedagogy/DS-based lesson and a prototype that demonstrates digital component(s). A "lesson" may involve the creation of an assignment, a learning digital object, or both.


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