The Russian Federation Virtual Laboratory

in Satellite Meteorologyand Hydrology

Eduard Podgayskiy, RSHUGrigory Chichasov, ATI

VLMG-6, São José dos Campos, Brazil8-12 October 2012

3-7 September 2012, Sopot, Poland

WMO RTCin Russian Federation

MHMCMoscow Region

ATI of RoshydrometMoscow Region

RSHUSt.-Petersburg

Federal Service for hydrology, meteorology and environmental

monitoring

Ministry of Education and

Science

Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology

Vlab & CoE

RF Vlab & CoE recent achievements

• Deployment of DL system & training centres• Joint EUMETSAT-CoE training course in St

Petersburg (good model)• Set of TtT workshops to learn DL system• Set of TtT workshops for academic

community to run webinars• New webcasts on RF Vlab website – enough

webcasts now to incorporate into university curricula

Training equipment at Regional Training Training equipment at Regional Training OfficesOffices

• Operational meteorological hardware

• Operational hydrological hardware

• Sensor kit

• A set of training programs and simulators in meteorology, aerology & hydrology

• Multimedia classroom

• Local LMS node

• Authoring studio

eLearning 3000

iNstructoriNstructorClassroom managementClassroom management

eAuthoreAuthor CBTCBT authoring tools for e-coursesauthoring tools for e-courses

eLearning CMSeLearning CMSLearning content Learning content

management systemmanagement system

eLearningeLearning SISSIS““Social net” for companiesSocial net” for companies

eLearning ServereLearning Servere-learning and blended learning management systeme-learning and blended learning management system

Schedule & time Schedule & time management modulemanagement module

Corporate university Corporate university modulemodule

University University management modulemanagement module

Staff & Students Staff & Students management management

modulemodule

iWebinariWebinaron-line collaborationon-line collaboration

Assessment Assessment ToolsTools

Staff competence moduleStaff competence module

Technical support

CONTENT• 7 courses• 6 simulators

Roshydromet DLS(commissioned)

eAuthoreAuthor CBTCBT authoring toolauthoring tool

eLearning CMSeLearning CMSLearning objects Learning objects

lifecycle lifecycle and repositoryand repository

eLearning ServereLearning ServerDistance and blended learning supportDistance and blended learning support

iWebinariWebinaron-line workshopson-line workshops

Distance Learning SystemDistance Learning System

Assessment ToolsAssessment Tools Competencies management moduleCompetencies management module

eLearningeLearning SISSISStudent information serviceStudent information service

Train-the-Trainers events at ATI

TtT workshops at RSHU & recorded webinars

Joint EUMETSAT-CoE training course in St Petersburg

iSpring software (pro & free)

More than 30 AV modules,Including tests in Moodle

Webcasts

Available resources

5 full textbooks in satellite meteorology (agreements with authors) in PDF formatApprox. 100 hours of instruction in Russian (iSpring, Articulate)32 webinars recorded3,5 years archive of satellite products from Planeta via MITRA GlossaryCollection of articles, papers on topic Feedback (Forum)

RF Vlab usage at universities

Expanding online community

Problems & shortcomings

• Data availability

• Manpower shortage

• Technical problems

• Funding

• Limitations of Roshydromet DL system

• Decrease in international trainees

• WMO recognition

Assessment Tools staff competence library & procedure of staff assessment

Set of competencesSet of competences

CriteriaCriteria

Number of trainees, WMO VCPTotal for 2008-2012

Where do we go?

Quality assurance

Online community of professionals

Platform for sharing ideas

Job market analysis

Terminology development

Toolbox to work with satellite data

Weather briefings

Welcome to the site:

http://meteovlab.meteorf.ru

Thank you for your

attention!

podgaisky@rshu.ru