1. May 2010Sibiu

2. Worthwhile or a waste of 2 weeks? Izolda Marcinonienė Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service Metaxia Konstantara Hellenic National Meteorological Service

3. Eumetcal invested in 4 participants

5. Many of the lecturers are here today

7. Before the course

8. Our hopes Become more competent trainers Understand pedagogy and psychology Learn to engage the audience Improve presentation and PowerPoint skills Assessment and evaluation skills Networking

9. During the course

10. What we learned Training needs & goals Teaching & learning strategies Preparation Resources Teaching Presenting Assessment Evaluation

11. How we learned From simple to tricky Discussions - no silent questions Group projects Video: good and bad examples Body language, juggles, games Online sessions Individual presentations Blogs, forums, wikis

12. We made a lot of practice

13. Friendly atmosphere: from the first step to the last...

14. Thanks to the Hosts

15. We all participated in group projects Competencies for Trainers Advanced PowerPoint Skills Moodle Learning Management System Capture a Session for Online Training Preparing a Meteorological Case Study

16. and gave presentations

17. Our Feelings

18. Before the course Uncertainty Stress Interest Worry Anxiety Embarrassment Curiosity Expectation Hope

19. Curiosity Fun Challenge Friendliness Creativity Interest Satisfaction Expectation Collectivity Inspiration During the course

20. Worthwhile Much to do Confident Community New challenges Never stop learning Never stop learning Satisfaction After the course

21. Emotions help to create memories

22. After the course

23. We implemented our action plans Training our colleagues Updating PowerPoints Visual design Promoting Eumetcal courses Continued learning Moodle site still active PowerPoint group formed

24. Special thanks to … WMO - Jeff Wilson and Mustafa Adiguzel EUMETCAL - Vesa Nietosvaara NMA of ROMANIA – Aurora Bell and Romanian colleagues INSTRUCTORS - Ian Bell, Patrick Parrish, Roger Deslandes, Luciane Veeck All colleagues

25. Conclusions

26. The course was a great success High quality education Fine co-operation between trainers and trainees Very good organization and hospitality Pedagogy is important A good investment by us and Eumetcal

27. Recommendations Eumetcal should invest in future courses (but next not until 2014) Eumetcal should develop training for our trainers All Eumetcal courses should have a solid pedagogical basis How can we make this happen?