Natasa Strelec Mahovic - Moving SE Europe forecasters training online - sharing experiences
SEEMET (South-East Europe Meteorological Training) community together with EUMETSAT and technical support from EUMETCAL delivered an online training course for the benefit of the South-East European forecaster community. SEEMET initiative started in 2016 but in previous 4 years the course was held in form of face-to-face workshops, whereas the 2020 course was conducted exclusively online, with facilitators adjusting the delivery method and the assessment methods and tools to continue to engage with participants and deliver effective training.
The preparation phase of the course took place in EUMETCAL Moodle platform. During the preparation phase, the participants could read the material in the Moodle platform and prepare cases for the discussion during the workshop. Padlet tool was used for the personal presentation of the participants and also for preparing the cases for the workshop.
SEEMET 2020 course was an
advanced training course with a topic: Forecasting of development and life
cycle of the extratropical cyclones.
The objective of the course was to improve the skills of operational meteorologists in the interpretation of satellite images and products in combination with other relevant data, leading to improved competencies in weather forecasting with regards to cyclones. With this, the course aimed to contribute to improving the capabilities of the NHMSs in South Eastern Europe in providing weather and warning services to national stakeholders and communities.
Did we succeed?
The evaluation of the course speaks for itself! Although being first time online with this course, people were motivated to learn and drew the most out of the coure as it was!
The course inspired them to do things differently in their everyday work, so the course objectives were met, despite of itches that are expected in the online environment.
You can read more and see the full evaluation in the Course report:
We will be happy to discuss with you to get ideas for the upcoming courses!
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