Course description

This is a free course of 1.5 hours for citizen science practitioners looking to employ ‘Train the Trainer’ within their project or activity. Train the Trainer (TTT) is a learning method that equips people with the skills and understanding of a project, in order to deliver training, programmes or projects to others. No prior knowledge of the TTT technique or strategy are needed.

By the end of this course, the learner will:

1.      Understand what ‘Train the Trainer’ is and how it can benefit citizen science projects
2.      The fundamental components of a TTT course
3.      How to plan the learning journey for their own TTT course
4.      The key considerations to make if they wish to utilise TTT methodologies

This guidance is aimed primarily at contributory citizen science projects, and provides advice mainly to those who wish to host face-to-face training. Many of the principles can also be adapted to suit online trainings. The concept can be utilised for trainings across a broad range of subject areas, but does have a focus on environmental sciences.

Click here to enrol in this course and use enrolment key trainthetrainer to do so. Once you enrol you will be able to take quizzes and receive a badge upon successful course completion.