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The COMET® Program
The COMET ProgramTwenty-five Successful Years
Dr. Elizabeth Page22 October 2015
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The COMET Program
Created in 1990 to support the modernization of NOAA’s National Weather Service (WSR-88D Doppler radar interpretation, forecast processes, training assessment)
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19961997
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Evolution of Delivery Platforms
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MetEd Website 2015
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Online Lessons: 350+ English, 111 Spanish, 38 French750+ hours of self-directed distance learning material
Registered Users:400,000+ growing at 5,000-6,000 per month~100,000 international, representing most national met services~100,000 students representing 1,500+ universities52, 000+/yr. returning users who do >5.7 hours of online learning
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Since 2007/beginning of website registration:
over 1.8 million hours of online sessions
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Registered MetEd Users
400,000+ registered users (Sept 2015)
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Awards!
2004 Louis J. Battan Authors
Award, K-12 Category for
Hurricane Strike!™
For Polar Lows Ungava BayCase Study
Bronze Medal for Boundary Detection & Convection Initiation
2005 Honorable Mention in the non-
interactive media category of the
Science & Engineering Visualization
Challenge
American Geophysical Union
Excellence in Geophysical
Education Award 2006
2000 Hurricane Conference Outstanding
Achievement Award for Community
Hurricane Preparedness 2009 National Weather Association
Public Education Award
2008 NSF and the Journal ScienceInternational Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge: Semi-Finalist
Finalist Recognition International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge 2009Recognized with the 2010 Chief Learning
Officer Learning in Practice Certificate of Merit for “Excellence in Content”
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Long-term Success
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Equal partnership of science and instruction
Focus on quality in balance with efficiency
Adapting to new technology
Working in close partnership with our constituents
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Annual budget:~$4.3 million ($5.5-6 million for FY15)
Primary Sponsors: NOAA NESDIS, NOAA NWS, NOAA NOS, Bureau of Reclamation, US Navy NMOC, MSC Canada, EUMETSAT, BoM Australia, USACE
Dr. Richard Jeffries,Director and Principal
Investigator
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Staff of 24:Subject matter experts (mets, nwp, hydrologists)Instructional designersWeb and application developersGraphic artistsSpanish translator/coordinatorIT and administrative support staff
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Web-based
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COMET Distance Learning Offerings
Self-directedLessons
Recorded Lectures
Self-directed Courses
Facilitated Courses
and Webinars
Learning and Media Object Resources
DVDs for low-bandwidth regions
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COMET Services: Self-directed, web-based
instruction
15 minute to 2+ hour in lengthHigh quality instructional design and scientific integrityMedia rich designInteractive elementsIncludes self-assessment
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Recent COMET Lessons
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David Russi, Spanish Translator - COMET
Claudio Caponi, Hydrologist - WMO
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COMET Services: Facilitating Virtual and Residence
Courses
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8-10 weeks of residence and virtual courses per yearVirtual courses(e.g. Climate Variability and Change, Hydrologic Impacts Under Climate Change)Residence courses (e.g. Winter Weather, Mountain Weather, COMAP)Facilitated meetings and workshops
courses.comet.ucar.edu/
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MSC/COMET Winter Weather CourseMeteorological Service of Canada
KMA/COMET Mountain Meteorology Course
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Evolving Instructional and Media Design Services
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Media development (i.e. database with 37,000+ elements)
Video, scripting and production
Needs and gap analysis
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Steve Deyo, 3D Graphic Artist
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MetEd Upgrades
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New lesson template with enhanced cross-platform and mobile accessibilityEnhanced quiz transcriptsAbility to list and search for select non-MetEd resourcesTighter integration with YouTube
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Outreach Program
• Outreach is back! • Partners Projects funded by GOES-R
and National Weather Service• Cooperative and/or Partners Projects
funded by the National Water Center
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Questions/Discussion
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Dr. Elizabeth PageAssistant Director [email protected]
Dr. Rich JeffriesDirector
Contact Information
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COMET/MetEd YouTube Channel:• 57 videos• 417 subscribers• 47,611 videos viewed
COMET/MetEd Facebook Group:• 2690+ members• New members joining daily• Daily postings by members
COMETWx Flickr Group:• 415 photos• 72 members
AddThis Sharing Widget• Added to MetEd lesson
description pages 22 Oct 2013• 3,064 shares leading to 10,830
clicks to content
Miscellaneous Social Networking Stats
