e-Instructor Insights: Applying the lessons of Pandemic Learning

Synopsis

This compilation of insights is intended to stimulate the teaching team in the Defence Education Enhancement Program (DEEP) community to apply the lessons of the NATO DEEP e-instructors course and to enhance our online teaching community. The NATO e-Academy is a virtual community. The nucleus of authors met online in the second iteration of the NATO DEEP e-Academy e-Instructors Certification Program. This program aimed to develop online competence to respond to the extraordinary circumstances of the pandemic. As institutions begin to return to normal operations, many of the insights of pandemic teaching can be applied to on site teaching. During the pandemic students from more than 20 NATO and partner countries learned together and found opportunities to share their experience and specialized knowledge.

Table of Contents

Foreword: The NATO Learning Community
Preface: Developing E-learning
Introduction: Using this Book
Contributors 

Part 1. Insights about the new Reality of e-Instruction

Chapter 1. Learning Platforms and Higher Military Education Systems: The NATO DEEP Context 
Chapter 2. Teaching Online: Lessons from the Pandemic and End of the Teacher-Priest

Part 2. Insights for the Institution and Managers
Chapter 3. Planning for e-Instruction
Chapter 4. Managing Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Chapter 5. Moodling Through: Learning Management Systems in Crises
Chapter 6. Competency and Credentialing Management: Digital Badges 
Chapter 7. Online Sources and Pedagogy for Political Science
Chapter 8. Lessons From a Blended Learning Experience: Advanced Modular Training (AMT)
Chapter 9. Insights for the Digital Transition in Technical Instruction
Chapter 10. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) 
Chapter 11. High-stakes Evaluation Approaches for Pandemic-driven Isolated Learning
Chapter 12. Hybrid Challenges: Learning from Hybrid Conferences
Chapter 13. Distance Learning Saves Lives! 

Part 3. Insights for Instructors 

Chapter 14. Project-Based Learning Meets Challenges of Distant Learning
Chapter 15. Using Learning Management Systems and Technology to Support Learning
Chapter 16. Using Distance Learning to Teach English
Chapter 17. International Simulations for Undergraduate Military Students 
Chapter 18. E-learning Insights: Guest Lectures
Chapter 19: Conducting Effective Webinars 
Chapter 20. How to Engage Participants in Synchronous Online Delivery? 
Chapter 21. Backward Design

Part 4. Insights for Students

Chapter 22. Moving online or to hybrid learning: what changes for the student?
Chapter 23. Student Tricks for Online Learning: 5C + D

Part 5. Resources for e-Instruction