Can anyone give me any insight into how this course is delivered and they expectation on what the cadets should learn from the course.
For example, I have cadets on the squadron who have been on moi, yet if they were to deliver a session to cadets they essentially read word for word of a PowerPoint.
I have recently tried to encourage cadets to deliver more student focused (cadet focused) sessions. For example, I have let a session and directed supporting NCO to give cadets a task such as a research task, but all they want to do is go and read the answers of the PowerPoint. While I understand that this is what a lot of people new to teaching and instructing would do, it is definitely hard work for the instructor (NCO) and boring as hell for the cadets.
This didactic form of delivery is still relatively prevalent in higher education, and I wonder and assume whether it is still prevalent in the military… Hence MOI being delivered in this way (which is out of date and it has absolutely no empirical evidence to support it is effective for learning)
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Have a look at the MOI course content on SharePoint. However, in my experience it will vary depending on who is delivering the course.
As it’s been traditionally aimed at the more classroom based subjects it does tend to focus on PowerPoints etc. and the pre-requisite Presentation Skills course requires a presentation 
When I’ve been involved in delivering MOI we’ve mixed up the teaching practice to force them not to use a PowerPoint for some of them.
Generally speaking, if you’re looking to help your instructors diversify, I would give them lessons to deliver that force you away from a PowerPoint into something more practical and engaging.
Very dependant on whose teaching and what they focus on
We (in theory) are all teaching from the same syllabus. I know a good few (myself included) who teach in the PowerPoint in a folder to ensure we are hitting everything required, but use a variety of different teaching techniques rather than the power point. For me specifically I choose to do this because I had a massive IT failure on a course and got the best feedback I’ve ever had from the cadets - I’ve honed it since.
But that doesn’t stop all cadets - I went for an assessment and the cadet taught how to iron your trousers via PowerPoint.
Don’t forget after the MoI, they need to do a minimum of 2 self assessments (personally I recommend more) who should have a staff member, or current MoI cadet supervising the lesson. And once a year (minimum) a staff member should be observing them for them to be retaining their currency.
Edit to add that on our Sqn the MoI cadets are teaching first class, we’ve banned the use of PowerPoint during the session. Does wonders for the instructors as well as the cadets - everyone just enjoys it that little bit more (not to say some sessions PowerPoint can be helpful at different areas in cadets - so not anti it as such just less heavily reliant on it)
It’s about how to not instruct via death by PowerPoint…
Brought to you by death by PowerPoint.