In this fascinating blog post, Jesse McCormack (GCDI Coordinator and Philosophy PhD Candidate) reflects on her experience as a participant in the GC Digital Research Institute 2021. McCormack discusses the opportunities and outcomes of the Institute, as well as reflects on the importance of communication – between people and machines – when learning foundational computational skills. While McCormack notes the value of being introduced to python and the command line interface, she also underscores the non-computational skills that she was also able to glean from the Digital Research Institute.

Read more to find out about the all the things you can learn at the GC Digital Research Institute: Lessons from the DRI – Coding & Communication: Knowing What We Say Rather than What We Mean – GC Digital Fellows