1. EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 Enabling Grids for E-sciencE www.eu-egee.org EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks Training in EGEE-III Robin McConnell

2. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 2 NA3 Activity in EGEEIII

3. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 3 NA3 Goal in EGEEIII The overall objective of NA3 in EGEE-III is to stimulate and support the development of training provision mechanisms associated with the emerging National and Regional Grid organisations, which will form the future structures to support local training provision.

4. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 4 NA3 EGEEIII Issues for consideration Important NA3 address issues of: –Sustainability –Scalability

5. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 5 NA3 Tasks TNA3.1: Course Content, Scheduling, Organisation TNA3.2.a: Coordinated support mechanisms TNA3.2.b Training-Infrastructure provision TNA3.3: Activity management and partner coordination

6. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 6 NA3 Objectives in EGEEIII To further expand and refine the portfolio of training material and courses, to provide training resources for an ever-widening range of Grid applications. To train a wide variety of users, both those within the EGEE consortium and those from outside the project who make use of the EGEE Grid infrastructure. To further develop effective mechanisms for passing on knowledge to end-users of EGEE related projects. To expand the online learning services within EGEE-III, to meet the needs of an expanded project and larger user-base. To support and complement the provision of t-infrastructure on the GILDA testbed by developing and maintaining an expanded range of training resources to cover an increasingly diverse range of application scenarios.

7. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 7 TNA3.1 Course Content, Scheduling, Organisation All NA3 partners Maintain & enhance training resources developed in EGEEII Focus on: –Application Developer –Site Administrator –Training the Trainer

8. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 8 TNA3.1 (continued) Exemplar material to be maintained to reflect infrastructure development –Partners encouraged to put forward potential ETF material –Added to Partner Metrics Schedule appropriate & varied programme of courses –To support development of applications (User Base) Organise Train the trainer events –To develop base of trainers as legacy (Sustainability) –Added to Partner Metrics –NA3 organised Trainer event - CERN 16-18 June

9. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 9 TNA3.2 Coordinated Support Mechanisms TNA3.2a: Coordinated Trainer Support Systems Addresses problem of scalability Further development of digital library –Note – Please upload presentations to Digital Library (NeSC) Adobe Connect –UEDIN –INFN, Catania Creation of online learning modules –Users subscribe to scheduled distance learning courses –Features  Courses range from one-off presentations -> larger scale schools  Online exercises (individual, group)  Forum based discussions (goals, outcomes, queries)  Assessments  Certifications?

10. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 TNA3.2 Coordinated Support Mechanisms (continued) TNA3.2b: Training Infrastructure provision Testbed –Core services still at INFN but replicated at other sites –Increase both in the number of sites and CPU cores: should  all partners involved in TNA3.2b should contribute with resources Services –all those existing will be maintained and improved Events –support to booked events will be always assured –3 commercial training events per year at no cost Applications –applications without a specific VO, or providing an exemplar for training will be supported

11. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 Scientific domains supported

12. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 12 TNA3.3 TNA3.3: Activity Management and Partner Coordination Maintain & Enhance Training Induction activity Activity manager Deputy Activity Manager Partner Coordinators – Federations  SEE  SW  Central Europe  Russia  UK/I  Italy

13. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 13 4 Deliverables DNA3.1Training Plan2 DNA3.2t-Infrastructure development and exemplar report9 DNA3.3Training report and revised plan11 DNA3.4Final training report12

14. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 14 4 Milestones MNA3.1Activity Quality Assurance and Measurement plan 2 MNA3.2Report on Trainer accreditation10 MNA3.3Index of available eLearning modules and t-Infrastructure integration 11 MNA3.4List of eLearning courses provided18

15. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 15 Role of The Trainer

16. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 16 What are trainers for? EGEE Goal: many effective and active users in many locations Technology is supported by a small number of people Training helps to make this feasible and scalable Operations Early trainers users “Routine” training Web Helpdesk User doc. Consultancy VO

17. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 17 Without training…. Users uninformed, Support staff overloaded Operations users Helpdesk User doc. Consultancy VO

18. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 18 Without training…. Users uninformed, Support staff overloaded Downward slope Operations users Helpdesk User doc. Consultancy VO

19. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 19 Virtuous Cycles Illustrate impact of training in EGEE achieving its goals of uptake by diverse user communities Two representations of this follow…

20. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 20 The EGEE Virtuous Cycle NA2, NA3, NA4 NA3, NA4 SA1 JRA1 Building effective user communities

21. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 21 Application Developers At home on EGEE Gaining new and effective users Researchers Decision-makers Designers Induction & User Training Outreach Dissemination Successful Users New Users Positive Referrals Application Developers Developer Initial Training Positive Referrals Developer Advanced Training New EGEE Applications Pushing Limits Advanced EGEE Applications Success Stories & Experts NA4 NA2

22. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 22 NA3 Statistics in EGEE-III 29 Active partners (vs. 32 in EGEE) ~ 29 FTEs (~7% of project budget) 89 Individuals 6 Federations

23. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 23 NA3 Activity Partners in EGEE-II

24. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 24 NA3 effort in EGEE-III 4 6 6 6.5 Federation CE SEE RUSSIA ~ 1 FTE per partner in NA3 2 2 1 SWE Single partner

25. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 25 Previous EU reviewers’ recommendations Reinforce the ``Training the Trainer'' events in the remainder of the project to ensure a sufficient number of high quality trainers remains available in the future to cover the diversifying and even more demanding training topics. Expand the training activities for Grid infrastructure administrators and application developers.

26. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 26 The “ETF” Editorial Task Force The goal of the Editorial Task Force is to collate and select material that is of particular value for trainers preparing future courses –Generic to EGEE training  i.e. not concerned with federation-specific training Current focus –Maintaining selection of induction material –Collating material for application developer courses For information see http://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk/NA3ETF/ http://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk/NA3ETF/

27. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 27 Trainers’ sources of material TRAINING MATERIAL EGEE documentation EGEE colleagues Trainers’ experience Re-use & modification

28. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 28 Responsibilities TRAINING MATERIAL EGEE documentation EGEE colleagues (eg new software) Trainers’ experience Re-use & modification NA3 All activities

29. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 29 Course types Induction –Modules considered to be in “maintenance mode” –An “ETF exemplar” course exists Application Developer Installation courses Sys admin courses Training-the-Trainer –Supporting NA3 trainers

30. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 30 NA3 sites NA3 home page –http://egee.nesc.ac.ukhttp://egee.nesc.ac.uk EGEE Digital Library –http://egee.lib.ed.ac.uk/http://egee.lib.ed.ac.uk/ Editorial Task Force –http://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk/NA3ETF/http://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk/NA3ETF/ – Wiki http://wiki.nesc.ac.uk/read/egee-na3-etfhttp://wiki.nesc.ac.uk/read/egee-na3-etf GILDA training infrastructure –https://gilda.ct.infn.it/https://gilda.ct.infn.it/

31. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 To change: View -> Header and Footer 31 Summary 29 partners, 29 FTES and 89 individuals in NA3 Goal of Training: to establish effective, self-sustaining user communities –Able to use EGEE services –Able to train their own members –Increasing sophistication and uptake of own applications Support for trainers includes –Editorial Task Force –EGEE Digital Library for training material –This course