This document outlines the training activities that will be conducted by the ViBRANT project. It discusses that the RBINS team will be responsible for organizing taxonomic training through the Distributed European School of Taxonomy. The training will focus on teaching scratchpad use and providing community support. Courses will be delivered in-person and online on basic and advanced topics. User needs will be analyzed and training material will be adapted based on feedback to better support the user community.

1. ViBRANT
Virtual Biodiversity
ViBRANT
Virtual Biodiversity
Training programme
Workpackage 3 Isabella Van de Velde
Training, outreach and community Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences,
support Brussels
Isa.Vandevelde@naturalsciences.be

2. ViBRANT
Virtual Biodiversity
Who we are & what we do (and did)
Past
research on freshwater crustaceans
involved in coordination and development of NH exhibits RBINS
involved in SYNTHESYS project management for BE-TAF
provided training to staff of Belgian Federal Institutions
Present
RBINS teamleader ‘Training and Public Awareness’ in EDIT
project
responsible for organisation and management of taxonomic
training activities in Distributed European School of Taxonomy
managing DEST training website
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3. ViBRANT
Virtual Biodiversity
What we will do in ViBRANT
organise and deliver scratchpad training &
provide community support
to support and extend the ViBRANT user community
in order to facilitate and improve production, management
and publication of biodiversity data
Deliverables
Training strategy: full strategy for training and delivery with
course/workshop announcements (M12)
Community delivery and evaluation: assessment of ViBRANT
self-supporting open source community for sustainable
implementation of the consortium (M36)
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4. ViBRANT
Virtual Biodiversity
How we are doing it
Analysis of the user community, impact and benefits of training, how to
increase visibility of scratchpads and other ViBRANT services
Information gathered will help to:
adapt/improve existing training activities & material (manuals, video, etc.)
provide feedback for software development priorities and
services to support the users community
develop promotion material
Delivery of training courses
peer based and cascade training; on-site training and on-line learning
basic and advanced courses, custom-made modules
Manage the help desk support system
respond to feature requests/bug reports via issue tracker/phone/e-mail
WP3 will act as liaison between user community - WP2 developers
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5. ViBRANT
Virtual Biodiversity
Who are our users?
Who has a stake in scratchpads (current and potential users)?
What are the needs, characteristics, preferences of the users?
What types of barriers exist for not using scratchpads?
sociological studies
How will they engage?
network of training providers: ViBRANT team + ambassadors
make use of conferences, workshops to organise back-to-back
training and to promote ViBRANT services
ViBRANT will provide efficient service: effective training and help
desk support system for scratchpad users
promotion: press pack, press releases, website, flyers, reports etc.
networking activities
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