THE FEATURES OF THE NATO JOINT ADVANCED DISTRIBUTED LEARNING (JADL) DISTANCE LEARNING PLATFORM FOR ADVANCED TRAINING OF MILITARY PERSONNEL AND BORDER GUARD SPECIALISTS

Abstract

The article draws attention to the support and assistance of NATO experts in the development of educational programs for professional military education courses. Distance learning courses within the framework of the NATO Defense Education Enhancement Program (DEEP-Ukraine) are considered. It is determined that the advantages of DEEP are the usage of simulators, virtual reality and other modeling tools, which allows to bring training as close as possible to real combat conditions. It is established that distance learning for military personnel and border security experts in NATO countries helps to maintain a high level of training and readiness of military forces, while providing flexible training for military personnel. The concept of "STANAG 2591" in the online educational environment is revealed, which is generally interpreted as a NATO standard that defines the requirements for the development and distribution of electronic training courses and materials for military training. Taken into consideration, that STANAG 2591 meets certain quality and interoperability standards, it enables the exchange of learning resources between different countries and organizations, promoting joint learning and knowledge sharing within NATO. It has been found that the STANAG 2591 platform is consistent with the Joint Advanced Distributed Learning (JADL) platform, which is a system for education and training of military personnel and border security experts, which aims to provide effective and flexible training that takes into account the specific needs of the industry. All the necessary step-by-step actions for using JADL are provided: registration on the NATO Joint Advanced Distributed Learning platform, access to online ADL courses. A brief description of the possible courses is provided and presented in the following order: course number (courses are arranged by ADL, PCS or ETOC numbers), category/organization - courses are arranged by the category to which they belong (i.e., NATO owner), followed by the course title, discipline - courses are arranged by the discipline to which they belong.