KSU Division of Aquaculture Annual Report 2008-09

KSU Division of AQUACULTUREINTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES (CONT)He has submitted for funding to bring a group of hatchery professionals to Kentucky StateUniversity and have them trained in spawning techniques of paddlefish.The Division of Aquaculture’s online courses have now been taken by students in 17countries including Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Turkey, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Romania,Pakistan, Netherlands and Belize.DISTANCE LEARNINGMany students from all over the United States and some foreign countries have becomeinvolved in KSU’s Aquaculture Program by taking online (Internet) courses. During the reportingperiod, online Fish Genetics was taught by Dr. Boris Gomelsky in the fall semester of 2009 withnine students from seven U.S. states and one foreign nation. Dr. Jim Tidwell taught the onlinePrinciples of Aquaculture course in the 2008 fall semester, and spring and summer semesters of2009 with 36 students from 11 U.S. states and three foreign countries. A new online course waslaunched by Dr. Robert Durborow for the 2008 summer semester and taught again 2009 springsemester, Basics of Fish Diseases, with a total of 13 students from five U.S. states and three foreigncountries. Two new online courses are in development, Fish Reproduction and SpawningTechniques and Water Quality Management, and will be available in the 2009 fall semester and2010 spring semester. Since offering our first Internet course in 1992 the Division has had a totalof 217 online students in 37 U.S. states and 17 countries.15