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PESCALEX 2: 9 language (EL, EN, ES, FR, HU, PL, NO..
PESCALEX 2: 9 language (EL, EN, ES, FR, HU, PL, NO, TR, Galician) Provision of online blEnded learning VOLL learning moduleS for aqACulture - EXcellence in fish management/fish pathology
Reason: Aquaculture, one of Europe's successes (annual output 1.4 million tonnes, value 2.8-2.9 billion euro), looks set for future expansion, with the growing demand for seafood, the decline in wild stocks, and the industry a global leader in technology. It provides some 65,400 jobs in Europe (12,000 in the Mediterr-anean alone), often supporting communities in remote areas with few other job options. But as disease outbreaks cause severe mortalities leading to business failure, there is a need for fast diagnosis with rapid recognition of symptoms. The PESCALEX project created multilingual (EL, EN, ES, FR, NO, PL) course modules in fish health/diseases and a multilingual fish health/diseases glossary, part of web-delivered blended learning which included language modules, as much information exists only in English. Aims: 1)To transfer the PESCALEX materials to wider geographic/linguistic areas (Turkey, Hungary, Galicia,Spain); 2)To translate all PESCALEX materials into HU, TR & ES(Galician); 3)To transfer the fish health/diseases content(based on species farmed in partner countries, using terminology useful in the workplace) to new users; 4) to combine innovative (VOLL) language learning with tutor-led & ODL methods in a multi-lingual online environment devoted to fish health management at the VET level.Partners: AMC Ltd, experienced coordinator of EU language projects; AquaTT, European Network for Aquaculture Training and Technology Transfer, sectoral social partner, runs aquaculture courses & projects; Stirling Institute of Aquaculture,Scotland, world authority on fish diseases; AQUARK, Greece (Fish Pathology expert, FEAP expert on Mediterranean Aquaculture), CETMAR, Spain, funded by Ministry of Science /Technology and Galician Government, aims to boost the marine and fishing sectors by promoting research and innovation activities. Rize Technical University, Turkey, Faculty of Marine Science; Haki, Research institute for Fisheries, Aquaculture & Irrigation, Hungary. Outcomes: 1) Printed handbook with 9 beginner language modules (EL, EN, ES, FR, HU,NO, PL,TR, Galician; 2) Online modules with visuals capable of remote interrogation in EL, EN, ES, FR, HU,NO, PL,TR,Galician; (Basic Techniques of Fish Haematology:Management of Fish Health; Fish/Shellfish Pathology;Cost-effective feeding of Fish); 3) Online glossary (EL, EN, ES, FR, HU,NO, PL,TR, Galician) of fish diseases, capable Impacts: The material made available will open up a wider range of countries for short exchanges or work experience placements, aiding the integration of 1 new & 1 accession country into a significant business sector; PESCALEX will broaden the skills base, increase employment flexibility and help to improve the economic and social viability of remote and coastal communities Teachers/trainers in formal and informal VET systems of partner countries will be able to use, test, give feedback and improve the materials.