Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching, SALT Conference 2019, What does learning and teaching look like through a future lens? 17th July 2019, Swansea University, UK. Barrento, S. 2019. AquaTED: the power of digital stories in STEM.

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FIRST THERE WAS THE SEA
First there was she - the sea ... everything was dark.
There was no sun, no people, no plants.
The sea was the mother: the sea was not people, nor anyone, nor anything.
She was the spirit of what was to come.
She was the thought and the memory.
(…)
The creation of the world
Kogui People, Colômbia

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AquaTED: the power of
digital stories in STEM
Dr Sara Barrento
Swansea University
Biosciences Department
#SUSALT19

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The sea …
marine biology and fisheries

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The sea … that nurture us

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The sea … that nurture us
THE BALANCE of TRADE: exports - imports
We spent more in importing seafood
than importing energy

6. The Sea …
Tourism & leisure industry

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2015| Student Ana Cowie in
Puerto Rico biology field trip
The Sea …
in cool pictures, where students
have exciting adventures

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Picture by Ruth Callaway
Swansea Bay our Natural lab
100 m from SU
The Sea …
in cool pictures, where we claim the landscape

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Picture by Sara Barrento, seals in Worms head
Meet
the locals

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Zebra fish
Danio rerio
Model organism used in research
The Sea …
in cool pictures, but in the lab

11. 3rd year undergrads
BIO335 Fisheries
& Aquaculture
60
Exam
30
Aquaculture
10
Fisheries
Coursework

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AQUACULTURE IS FASTEST GROWING
FOOD PRODUCTION SECTOR (FAO, 2018)
https://www.seafoodsource.com/features/aquaculture-can-feed-the-world-new-report-claims

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Nearly half of
the fish we eat are
farmed and this
percentage is rising

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53% 47%
The World
2016
90.9 million
tonnes
80 million
tonnes
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PORTUGAL
2016|
97% Fisheries
9.787 tonnes
data from FIGIS 2016; retrieved in 2018

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91%
The World
1980
9%
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99% aquaculture
Bangladesh
2016|
22.2 million
tonnes
data from FIGIS 2016; retrieved in 2018

19. 3rd year undergrads
BIO335 Fisheries
& Aquaculture
37 students
60
Exam
30
Aquaculture
10
Fisheries
Coursework
40 students 100
Coursework

20. 3rd year undergrads
BIO335 Fisheries
& Aquaculture
40 students
40
Lab
Notebook
Weekly
catch up

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3hRF6UrZ8w&t=2s

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23. 3rd year undergrads
BIO335 Fisheries
& Aquaculture
40 students
40
Lab
Notebook
20
Fisheries
Report
Weekly
catch up
30
Swansea Market
questionnaire

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Countries are different
Face different challenges
Have different markets
We need to be careful when we
make general statements
EURASTIP — Promoting Multi-Stakeholder
Contributions to International Cooperation on
Sustainable Solutions for Aquaculture
Development in South-East Asia
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72% fisheries 28%
Thailand
2016|
2.4 million
tonnes
0.96 million
tonnes
data from FIGIS 2016; retrieved in 2018

28. https://medium.com/aquated/is-an-
education-project-to-disseminate-aqua-
cultures-using-online-tools-but-always-having-
nature-136b2111e7ab
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30. Student view
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31. Feedback
DR SARA BARRENTO | PORCUPINE CONFERENCE
I love the practical aspect of this module, it is very
informative.
Lecturers are very engaging and make the module
interesting.
The teaching methods for the Aquaculture Practical section
were innovative and engaging. The continous assessment
also was useful to integrate knowledge during the course,
and not cramming it at the end of the module.
The online resources, extra reading, and other resources were
of high quality and useful to learn more about the topics.

32. Overall I loved the module, I think Carlos and
Sara put in a lot of work and it was very
rewarding.
The boat practical was always going to be a
winner, getting to go out and preform field
work feels really engaging.
The lumpfish practical opened my eyes to
what is like working in aquaculture. This is
something I think the marine biology degree
really needs.
Feedback

33. WIDER
IMPACT