Subject #6 of the NATO DEEP eAcademy e-Instructor Certification Programme (edition #3): E-teacher and e-learning team – competencies and tasks have ended. This subject focused on explaining e-Learning Team Roles and responsibilities, also describing the stages of the evaluation process. Students also learned how to develop an e-learning project plan as well as an outline for their e-learning content. Tutors of this subject were two SME’s: Gigi Roman and Alin Bodescu. For the next two weeks, the participants will have the possibility to gather new knowledge in subject #7: Multimedia creation (podcast & videocast).
Our Tutors:
Col Alin BODESCU, PhD (RO A)
He has been Director of the Advanced Distributed Learning Department of the ,,Carol I” National Defence University in Bucharest since November 2021. He has extensive experience in multinational training and education, working with the EU, NATO, Partnership for Peace, and national bodies. Col. Bodescu was seconded national expert to European External Action Service in Brussels, where he worked as Training Manager with the EU Military Staff (2011-2016). He also served with the NATO Partnership for Peace Regional Training Centre and Crisis Management and Multinational Department in Bucharest, Romania, where he was instructor, lecturer, course director (2002-2011), and director of Crisis Management and Multinational Operations Department (2016-2017). He was deployed with the Italian Joint Task Force in Iraq (Operation Antica Babilonia/Iraqi Freedom) in 2004 and served with the USCENTCOM in 2006, as a Romanian liaison officer (covering Afghanistan theatre of operations). His initial military career includes command and staff positions with 4th and 7th Mountain Infantry Brigades (1987-1993) and 15th Air Defence Regiment (1995-2002). Col Bodescu holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Military Science from the “Carol I” National Defence University, a Master’s degree in International Relations from the National School of Political Science and Public Administration in Bucharest, and a bachelor’s degree in law. His publications address international law issues (the use of force under international and national law) and military training and education-related topics.
Gigi Roman
Mr. Gigi Roman is an ADL Coordinator responsible for NATO School’s online courses and online content management, including new product design and strategic relationships for the organization learning management system, authoring tools and collaboration solutions. He is also a Course Director for the NSO eLearning Instructional Design Course (M7-126) and a NATO Certified Instructor at NSO. Mr. Roman is an active member of the Advanced Distributed Learning Working Group and the Educators Working Group of the PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes.
In previous roles with NATO School and PfP Community, Mr. Roman has overseen the development of Web-based content development and the repurposing of instructional materials for online delivery. Prior to NATO School, Mr. Roman worked with a variety of groups at the Military Academy, International Security Network, George C. Marshall Center, PfP Consortium on online content management, project management and classroom training.