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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

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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 epage@ucar.edu

Dr. Rich JeffriesDirector

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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

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Miscellaneous Social Networking Stats