Dear all,
On June 16th, Marcial Garbanzo Salas and I officially launched a Community of Practice (CoP) for professionals who use Generative AI (GenAI) in their daily work as educators, trainers, and training managers.
To enhance the communication, we created a Signal group for easy information sharing. We also plan to organize a series of webinars to exchange knowledge, skills, and “recipes” for using GenAI in education and training. The first ones are being announced right here!
🌍 Upcoming Webinars
We’re excited to announce two confirmed events:
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📅 September 2 – “The Emerging Use of AI-Avatar Generated Videos”
Time: 13:00 UTC
Presenters: Tsvet Ross–Lazarov (COMET) & Fabienne Werder (MeteoSwiss & EUMETCAL Programme)
Join us for a webinar on the emerging use of AI-avatar generated videos in scientific education and training. We'll cover practical use cases across education, training and marketing, while examining the key advantages like speed, scalability, and cost-effectiveness that this technology offers. At the same time, we’ll take a critical look at its limitations, including perceived versus actual learning gains, ethical risks, and audience trust. Whether you're considering adopting this tool or are already experimenting with it, this session will help you make informed and responsible decisions about how—and when—to use AI avatars effectively.
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📅 November 12 – “AI Meets EO Education: Smarter Content for Smarter Learning”
Organized by EOTEC DevNet in collaboration with our GenAI CoP, this webinar explores how AI is being applied to enhance Earth Observation (EO) training content. Topics include generative tools, adaptive learning platforms, practical use cases, emerging challenges, and opportunities for global collaboration.
👉 We will share the link to participate in due course.
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🚀 Help Keep the Community Alive!
To avoid this initiative ending after just a few events, we need your support:
1. Join the GenAI Signal group – This will be our main way to share updates (instead of bulk email).
2. Invite your colleagues – Especially those who might be interested in GenAI for education and training.
3. Share your experience – We are looking for speakers!
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🎤 Call for Contributions
We are still looking for:
• Hands-on GenAI users willing to give a 20–30 minute webinar showing how they apply GenAI in their work.
• Recommendations for speakers who are using GenAI in practical, innovative ways.
How you can contribute:
✅ Offer to present: Share your experience and lessons learned.
✅ Nominate a colleague: Let us know who we should reach out to.
✅ Suggest topics or tools you’d like to see covered.
If you are interested—or know someone who might be—please contact Marcial or Heleen or take the lead and announce your own webinar in the GenAI CoP Signal group.
If you need help, we’re happy to support you in making it happen.
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Thank you in advance for your ideas and support. We look forward to building a strong, global learning community with you.
Hartelijke groet,
Heleen ter Pelkwijk & Marcial Garbanzo Salas