Between 26th-31st January 2023 NATO DEEP eAcademy and the Polish Association for Security organized an ADL workshop within the scope of NATO DEEP GEO in Olsztyn. This event hosted four participants from The David Aghmashenebeli National Defence Academy (NDA) from Georgia. The NATO DEEP eAcademy Team provided workshops on: (1) analysis of situation and needs of ADL in Georgia. Setting the scope of activities for 2024; (2) good practices in military education on the example of activities in DEEP eAcademy; (3) supporting digital transformation through long-term faculty development programmes – a case study of the e-Instructor Certification Programme; (4) new trends and tools in education and training (AI, VR,AR); (5) new technologies used in education from the teachers’ perspective (AI/VR). Digital competence for e-teachers; (6) NATO DEEP training proposals.
The activities also involved the meeting with the Mayor of the Ełk city, the tour of the Ełk Branch Campus with the culminating point that gathered local student community on the lecture delivered by Col. David Razmadze, the NDA Deputy Rector, “NATO DEEP Georgia. E-learning Capacity Building Context.”
Getting acquainted with the academic community was also made possible during a guest visit at the University of Warmia and Mazury hosted by the Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Professor Paweł Wielgosz, D.Sc., followed by a guided tour of the university facilities.