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Innovation and educational changes: two e-Learning cases in aquaculture
In this paper, we investigate the potential changes that education innovation
can bring to education and training in aquaculture. When introducing Information and
Communication Technology methods into new educational contexts, situations and/or
practices, in the process teacher/practitioners will almost always make use of innovatory
technology which in itself can lead to a measure of change within the relevant educational
system. Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten that the use of technology is not an end in
itself, its use is only justified as a tool to achieve the educational goals that have been set. It
is in this spirit that two case studies are presented from current aquaculture curricula,
which make use of innovative teaching methodology in the form of e-Learning: one case
study is from the Open University (Universidade Aberta) in Portugal [distance teaching in
a Master鈥檚 programme (Second Cycle)]; the second is from the NAFC Marine Centre,
Scottish Qualifications Authority accredited courses in Scotland, UK. We report the
pedagogical models on which these courses were built, the tools required to achieve the
intended educational objectives and the teaching and learning resources used. We also
report the creative stimulus inherent in the innovation processes that allowed the two
teachers/instructors to achieve the same, or better, results than traditional teacher-led
classroom methods, by using a technology-enhanced teaching process without the need for
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