1. Targeting Metadata Training
CAP Kick-Off
September 2004
Denver, Colorado

2. Agenda Major Considerations “The Business of Training” Audience
Workshop level
Time frame
Content
Format
“The Business of Training”
Logistics
Materials
Finances

3. Metadata Training Development- it’s not a sequential process

4. Audience Analysis- Formal
Via survey/questionnaire or telephone interview with workshop host or participants.
Gain insight on participants
Organizational role: management, gis analyst, librarian, field scientist, etc.
Metadata experience
Variable levels of expertise
Allows pre-workshop preparation
Software
Establish link with audience- making it personal
Special needs

5. Audience Analysis- Informal
Implement “ice-breaker” to gain insight during introduction portion of workshop
Working in pairs, gain information to introduce your partner and discuss your major metadata issues.
During introduction- the partner introduces the other participant and the participant’s metadata issue.

6. Workshop Level: Metadata Experience
Introductory Workshop-
No experience
Read metadata
Familiar with CSDGM
Intermediate Workshop
Uses metadata for data management
Writes/creates metadata
Uses MP
Advanced Workshop
Produces and manages metadata
Custom Workshop
Metadata implementation as part of data management

7. Time Frame examples Hour or less Half-day One-day Two or more days
Lecture
Exercises
Half-day
Hardcopy template
One-day
Hardcopy template or computer-based training
Two or more days

8. Content
Through survey or discussions with training host determine content for the workshop
Homogeneous group?, fairly simple… but…
Mixed crowd?
Schedule “big picture” content early, allowing managerial types to attend after morning break.
Pre-workshop seminar for managers.
Immediately preceding or
Sufficient lead time to recruit trainees
Wrap-up session with trainees to discuss implementation issues.

9. Content- “On Target Training” Exercise
Time Frame – 5 minutes to compose your thoughts minutes for discussion of sample concepts.
Using color coded index cards share a metadata concept that you feel meets the following categories for a metadata creator workshop. There are no wrong answers.
Must Know- yellow card
Should Know- green card
Could Know- blue card

10. Format Lecture Lecture and exercises Lecture and application/tool
Large groups
Computer facility not available
Lecture and exercises
Medium groups
Lecture and application/tool
Smaller groups: 1 trainer/15 participants.

11. Lesson Plan(s) Compose workshop based on Audience Analysis
Level of experience
Content
Format
Plan ahead for supporting materials
LCD and Laptop
Easels and pad
Slide projector
VCR

12. Logistics Facility Material reproduction University
Cooperator / partner
Rental
Material reproduction
Hardcopy
Digital copy

13. Materials FGDC.gov/metadata NOAA/FGDC core metadata materials

14. Finances
Alliances-
Universities
Governmental
Professional

15. Fitting the pieces together
Discussion: