Aquaculture Online:Farming from your desktop

Dr Andrew Morgan and Amy Wilson,Bay of Plenty PolytechnicElaine Taylor, Seafood ITO

Initial Concept• To deliver aquaculture training and education

for industry online, by adapting face to face teaching…..

o Use of adult learning theoryo Use of e-learning structureo Creation of interactive learning

….while meeting the needs of industry, SITO

Audience participation• Discuss the following with those at your table:

– How is your institution/programme interacting with ITO(s)?

– What structure do you have in place?– What type of consultation occurs?

Concept Model

NZQA

Industry structure and needs• How is the industry structured?

• Hatchery• Production• Harvesting and Processing

• How do you deliver unit standards online but teach the learning material in a context relevant to industry?

ANSWER = SCENARIOS

The scenario

• Allows for:– problem solving environment to be created– unit standards to be matched against method

of teaching– adaptation of face to face course material to

online delivery– contextualisation of theory based learning and

its application in the production cycle

Integrating unit standards

Construction of Content• Creation of the aquaculture course

environment

• Mapping of NZQA aquaculture domain unit standards

• Framing of scenarios

Scenarios

Programme Design

Original unit standards within courses

Initial matrix

Virtual Tours

Audience participation• Discuss the following with those at your table:

– How would you introduce this type of flexibility into your existing programme(s)?

– How far would you follow through a case study or scenario?

The online course• Organised in topic blocks• Activities for each scenarios• Learner support• Backed up by industry professionals

Programme Structure• The Polytechnic has developed its own

aquaculture online course• Industry employees enrol in the Polytechnic

course• Industry employees select the aquaculture

unit standards they need to be assessed against for the Level 4 National Certificate

Learning outcomes:• The student will be able to:

– Technical – recognise how aquaculture structures’ and their layout interact with the environment and impact on the species being farmed.

– Theoretical – interpret relevant information on farming a species and apply it in the production cycle.

– Analytical – develop and/or consistently use or improve on a structured system of protocols and methods to increase productivity.

– Informed judgement – confidently make informed choices that have a positive impact on aquaculture operations.

Conclusion• Leaders in industry training and education• Development of online learning and

innovative methods' of content delivery• Providing an industry centred focus while

maintaining academic standards• Unit standards are an assessment tool

Conclusions (continued)• Providing pathways and linkages to existing

unit standards based training and infrastructure

• Overall – using existing resources but develop new and innovative ways to deliver the learning material that reflects relevant issues and problems occurring within the industry

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