Curriculum Development in times of a pandemic

The European project MELODY is developing and evaluating a basic CBRN training curriculum for First responders and First receivers. As an adaptation to pandemic restrictions, pilot courses in form of face-to-face classroom lectures and hands-on training for end-users are partly supplemented with digital evaluation events focusing on eLearning and online webinars. Despite different settings, initial analysis of data from one face-to-face and one online evaluation event indicate that overall the curriculum is wellsuited for its purpose. Results from both tests point towards the same weaknesses regarding specific learning objectives. Two more tests need to be performed and analysed. The conclusions will inform further improvement of the curriculum before its final validation in another round of pilot courses in four European countries.