Goal
Support your persistence and well-being during your doctorate by
How
What can you do with DET
Daily Journal:
Quickly record (quantitative and narrative) data about your workday, emotions, stress levels, and goals. Personalize the questions to suit your situation.
Thesis Map:
Visualize your next milestones, obstacles, and energizing habits. Use this to see where your project is headed—and what could get in the way.
Reflection Tool:
Get guided prompts and structured activities to help you make sense of your progress, make decisions, reframe challenges, and grow.
Progress Dashboard (with AI help):
DET uses your journal data to show trends and patterns in your progress, using simple visuals and AI-generated explanations. Think of it as a mirror for your doctoral experience.
F.A.Q
Frequently Asked Questions
What does DET stand for?
DET stands for “Doctoral Education Tracker,” a GenAI-enhanced web platform designed to support personalized doctoral progress and well-being through single-case analytics.
Who is DET intended for?
DET is aimed at doctoral students—both full-time and part-time—who want to monitor their productivity and mental-health indicators over the course of their PhD journey.
What are the core features of DET?
Core features include journaling and reflection entries, automated open-learner models (e.g., LASSO regression, decision trees) for progress and well-being analysis, LLM-generated natural-language insights, and personalized visual dashboards with coefficient plots and prompts.
How does DET personalize its feedback?
DET runs single-case statistical models on each student’s own data, then uses a large language model (Llama 3.3) to translate the top predictors into actionable insights and reflective prompts tailored to the individual.
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