{"id":12979,"date":"2019-11-21T17:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/the-first-external-modular-short-course-at-the-nato-defense-college-successfully-completed\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:28:20","slug":"the-first-external-modular-short-course-at-the-nato-defense-college-successfully-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/the-first-external-modular-short-course-at-the-nato-defense-college-successfully-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"The first External Modular Short Course at the NATO Defense College successfully completed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senior Course 135 and MSC 135-4 (classroom and in Brussels) attending a lecture on the Western Balkans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

From 18 to 22 November 2019, the Modular Short Course (MSC 135-4) entitled \u201cNATO 360 degrees\u201d was run at the NATO Defense College. At the same time, a separate group of 7 met for 3 days of MSC-E 135-4 (E stands for external, using e-Learning technology) at HQ in Brussels.

\nMSC 135-4, in fact, was simultaneously executed in Rome and in Brussels, where COL Ludo Dufour, NDC Faculty Adviser, coordinated the 7 participants. In Rome, MSC 135-4 was attended by 21 participants from 12 countries, supervised by COL Ian Hope, COL Sylvain Curtenaz and Dr Maria Grazia Romano. <\/p>\n

The e-Learning course enables high-level lectures from the NDC to be virtually attended by participants who cannot enroll in the more traditional course in Rome. E-Learning is set to become an important tool for the NDC\u2019s academic activities, and to support and modernize the NDC\u2019s learning environment. E-Learning courses ensure the same high quality standards as the Rome-based courses, but with participants following on screen, coordinated by a Faculty Adviser present there.<\/p>\n

On Monday, participants in Rome were welcomed by NDC Commandant LGEN Chris Whitecross, who presented Senior Course 135\u2019s \u201cRussia Seminar\u201d. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday 19 November, MSC-E 135-4 was opened by NDC Dean Dr Stephen Mariano, who introduced participants in Brussels, via streaming, to the first e-Learning Course run from the NDC.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, participants in Rome and in Brussels followed lectures on the \u201cWestern Balkans\u201d by Mr Gerald Knaus and Dr Marilena Koppa. The next day, the topic of the presentations given by Dr Jeffrey Mankoff and Dr Fraiz Ismailzade was the \u201cBlack Sea region\u201d. In the afternoon, MSC-E 135-4 ended in Brussels, after discussing the outcomes of the first experimental external e-Learning Modular Short Course.

\nOn Friday, lectures on \u201cThe Northern Region Including the Arctic\u201d, by Dr Andrea Charron and Mr Svein Efjestad, will conclude MSC 135-4. <\/p>\n

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