I learned that every instructor has different experiences and that each person will need to develop their own approach to conveying that experience to other people. 

great information, i will need to implement learning groups much more in future

Why is it important for instructors to ask learners to orally defend why they answered a question or solved a problem as they did?

In the Nuclear Navy, assurity would be tested by asking the student if they would "Bet a coke/soda on it".  Sometimes the student was "sure enough in his answer" to say yes... and the student or instructor would buy a soda and provided it to the winning party.  More often than not, the student was wrong... but not always, and at time the instructor would pay out just to test the student.

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In the Nuclear Navy - prototype training, when someone recieved an oral knowledge checkout (including draw the system, and other white board verification) their "qualification card" would be signed by the instructor signifiying the individual obtained sufficient knowledge of the concept or system.

This is equivalent to the "badging" concept presented in these lessons. 

For Surface Warfare, or Submarine Warfare, qualifications, similar checkouts would be made for surface or submarine systems... examples of this are on line for example here

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self note to be aware of fidgeting with hands while speaking, i tend to have a whiteboard marker in hand. or mouse, take more time to walk around and occupy other areas of classroom behind screens especially

using different models of learning will help cover the different ways students learn.

important to have ice breakers and to get to know the students names and faces

Learned that syllabus is important to convey what is expected of the students throughout the course

I learned professionalism can comes in many forms. Not each student learns the same and that has to be considered when teaching.

This really makes me think to have information sectionally presented in 20-minute increments and to keep it under 7 instructions per 20 minutes. Incorporating all the different learning styles into these 20-minute sessions may be challenging but I'm sure over time Ill be able to overlap these styles.