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Targeting Metadata Training

This document outlines the agenda for the Metadata Training Kick-Off Workshop held in Denver, Colorado, in September 2004. It highlights critical aspects including audience analysis, workshop levels (introductory, intermediate, advanced), time frames, content organization, and logistics. The workshop aims to engage participants through interactive methods, ensuring an effective learning environment tailored to various expertise levels in metadata. Participants can expect insights into organizational roles and strategies for implementing metadata best practices.

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Targeting Metadata Training

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

  2. Agenda • Major Considerations • 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 email 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 • Lecture • Exercises • Half-day • Lecture • Exercises • Hardcopy template • One-day • Lecture • Exercises • 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. 15 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 • 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 • University • Cooperator / partner • Rental • Material reproduction • Hardcopy • Digital copy

  13. Materials • FGDC.gov/metadata • NOAA/FGDC core metadata materials • www.nbii.gov

  14. Finances • Alliances- • Universities • Governmental • Professional

  15. Fitting the pieces together • Discussion:

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