1. Education: Sharing educational resources
European Meteorological Society Education Project
Education: Sharing educational resources
Tomáš Halenka
Coordinator of Education Project Team of EMS, Charles University, Prague

2. Outline Motivation EMS goals and objectives
What can be shared, how and why
Sharing resources – problems
EMS web overview, best practises – examples
Discussion
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3. Motivation
Education matters typical for the activities of most NMSoc – option for IFMS cooperation
Infrastructure developed to the quite different extent (AMS, RMetS, …, many small NMSoc with rather limited capability)
Acknowledge the contribution of many other players (NMS, public organisations, institutes, non-profit organisations, other international and even private bodies – NCAR, UCAR, GLOBE, COMET, EUMETCAL of EUMETNET, EUMETSAT)
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4. Role of education
Public
Science
Policy
Media
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5. Education Project Goals:
to promote the provision of basic general education and awareness in meteorology so as to help people to understand the benefits coming from developments in meteorology and climatology, and
to support education in meteorology and its applications as a scientific discipline
Mission:
initiate and manage a programme of work with specific outcomes related to the exchange of educational resources and professional development opportunities for teachers across Member Societies
Tasks:
Identifying relevant bodies, individuals and programmes where meteorological education or a dialogue on meteorology or its applications could occur.
Establishing regular contacts with organizers of various European national education projects on meteorology and allied scientific subjects.
Promoting on the EMS website existing teaching materials (e.g. RMetS, AMS, GLOBE, COMET, EUMETCAL).
Supporting ECTOM
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6. Objectives, ideas
organization of education sessions of EMS/ECAM/ECAC Annual Meetings, in addition to individual contributions soliciting contribution of EUMETCAL, some bigger national societies with educational activities (RMetS, SMF, …), associate members with some educational activities (ESA, EUMETSAT, …), European projects with educational segment (ENSEMBLES, QUANTIFY, ACCENT), other educational activities across Europe or worldwide (e.g. GLOBE, METLINK?), connection to AMS educational activities
educational portal at EMS website (or linked there) to the existing educational institutions or activities (EUMETCAL, ESA, EUMETSAT, GLOBE, RMetS, SMF, linkes to the educational packages with teaching materials (COMET, EUMETCAL, GLOBE, ESPERE, …), examples of good practice, education in atmospheric sciences in media (TVs, journals, internet), projects, …
Looking for funding opportunity within some European structure to support more close cooperation in given subjects
Work toward the formulation of “ideal” (minimum, maximum) curricula in meteorology and allied subjects for different grades or at least school levels to provide standard (best practice example)
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7. What can be shared
Raw materials – texts, pictures, videos, audios, schemes, diagrams
Courses – lecture notes, chapters, course structures, contents, CAL materials, e-learning courses
Complete simulators
Know-how - best practises examples
Supporting informations – databases, reports on education systems and opportunities
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8. How it can be shared
Internet – web, YouTube, social networks, smartphones
Visits
Conferences (EWOC, AMS, EMS, AGU, EGU, EUMETCAL)
For free vs. selling
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9. Added value for sharing
Structured information – databases, structured lists, „complete“ systematic coverage of the subject
Language – „worldwide“ spread
Web based, smartphone accessible
Interactive – more attraction, enabling to solve problems, test the knowledge, feedback
Global coverage of topics
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10. Added value of sharing Visibility of your product
Testbed of your product in other environment – geographically, culturaly, …
Feedback for further development, improvement
Learning
In case of databases – stimulation to get other data, information or materials
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11. Sharing resources - problems
Most funding schemes for science support based on scientific results – not so much financial, capacity resources for education and outreach (depended on the region, rather poor in Europe, as my knowledge not so bad in U.S., where education/outreach usually requred and covered)
School/public education – strong disadvantage against professional training
University education closer to professional training
In many regions language issue
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12. Education & Qualification
Professional and Academic Education
School, College Education
Meteorological Societies' Educational Activities
Educational Catalogues and Databases
Meteorological Services, Institutes, Centres
Schools
Education Policy
Miscellaneous
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13. Good examples - practices
Projects awarded with EMS Outreach & Communication Awards
Previous EMS edu sessions (available via EMS web)
EMS web - education portal
Thanks for your attention
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14. Discussion (1) Is there active will to share the resources?
North – South, West – East devide
Not exactly one directional procedure, it can result in more experience with the resources from different environments which can help in further development
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15. Discussion (2)
Cooperation in the preparation, maintainance and transfer of resources?
availability of the modules, schemes, components of different resources in shape for simplifying the translation to other local languages
U.S. experience?, other countries?
cooperation on the development of the modules, their exchange (probably based on English) – big players in profesional area (EUMETSAT/COMET), smaller ones in school materials, etc. (GLOBE)
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16. Discussion (3) Are the providers happy to share their resources ?
they did not suffer from that
they feel comfortable with that
they are lucky to see their product is spreading
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