Study texts and the virtual laboratory for elearning in the topic of study of the technology and the safety systems in the feed production

The project is focused on the creation of new study texts for printed textbooks and e-learning, as well as for the multimedia study materials for the e-learning support of practical and laboratory exercises in higher teaching and education for a subject focused on technology and safety systems in feed production for the students of veterinary medicine and agriculture, as well as for the online education of the unregistered and physically disadvantaged applicants. The created educational material will be in the theoretical part focused on the technological methods of treatment of components of combined feeds for food and companion animals. It will include by-products of the food industry: sugar, milling, starch, dairy, fat, malting, brewing, distilling, yeast, meat processing, poultry, game and fish used for feed purposes. At the same time, the effects of technological processes on the physical, chemical, biological, nutritional and dietary properties of feeds will be described too. An important part will be the safety systems used in the production and processing of feeds in connection with current national and European legislation. The study materials will describe current feed safety management systems and good hygiene practice, as well as microbiological and chemical aspects, feed processing and principles of preparation of compound feed. The practical and laboratory parts will contain, except the study texts, the multimedia visualization of laboratory measurements of technological and nutritional parameters in feed samples and their components according to laboratory methods specified in current national and European legislation. There will be performed the light microscopic, physical and chemical analyzes. Light microscopy will be used because of practical reasons concerning the possibility of simple, fast and economical undemanding application for the practical exercises within the full-time educational process. The multimedia processed study material with the video files and the solutions to practical problem tasks will contribute to a better understanding of the principles of laboratory analysis. The online testing system will enable the control of the achieved knowledge as well. The proposed educational system will be independent of the type of operating system used in the student's information technology (IT). Support for the administration of presentation education and the management of data storage for education will be implemented in cooperation with the Department of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) of the university. The role of the teacher will be to manage the information resources used for education, testing activities and registration of input and output data in the educational process. Kľúčové slová v anglickom jazyku: security and control, e-learning, information and communication technologies, teaching innovation, nutrition, feed production, hygienic practice, electronic training support, feed safety