5th Symposium on DEB Theory May 31 - June 02 2017 Tromso, Norway DebX - A Massive Online Open Course on Modelling Metabolism at the individual level using DEB theory Tânia Sousa, Gonçalo M. Marques and Starrlight Augustine

The Context Teaching Experience in DEB (> 5 years) In the “Applied Ecology” course to Environmental Engineering students in IST for 5 weeks (15 + 7.5 hours) In the “Microbian Cell Factories” course to Microbiology students in IST for 2 weeks (6 + 3 hours) International DEB tele-course for 5 weeks Students with different backgrounds

The Context Institutional Support MOOC Tecnico

Products debX MOOC course for isomorphs (5 weeks) debX micro MOOC course for V1 morphs (3 weeks)

Products Stand-Alone MOOC course Online videos for theoretical concepts & pratical issues Online quizzes for self-assessment Evalution assessment

Products Stand-Alone MOOC course Online videos for theoretical concepts & pratical issues Online quizzes for self-assessment Evalution assessment Suport MOOC course for flipped classrooms Work in groups (in the classroom) Evalution assessment (exam)

Products Stand-Alone MOOC course Online videos for theoretical concepts & pratical issues Online quizzes for self-assessment Evalution assessment Suport MOOC course for flipped classrooms Work in groups (in the classroom) Evalution assessment (exam) Suport MOOC course for the International DEB course

Content - MOOC WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 & WEEK 4 WEEK 5 Introduction to DEB theory Modeling concepts: state and forcing variables, dynamic systems The importance of shape and size WEEK 2 Strong and Weak Homeostasis, DEB state and forcing variables Mass, Energy and Entropy Balances Thermal homeostasis, the effect of temperature on metabolic rates WEEK 3 & WEEK 4 Organization and Quantification of Metabolic processes Going from state-variables to variables that can be measured Matlab exercises: (1) develop intuition about the DEB model and DEB parameters, (2) use the DEB model to answer “metabolic relevant” questions WEEK 5 Introduction to the Add my Pet database Scalling relationships

After this course, we expect that students will: Predict the impact of the area-volume relationship on metabolism. Make use of the concepts of weak, strong and thermal homeostasis. Make mass, energy and entropy balances to organisms. Quantify metabolic rates as a function of temperature and amount of food. Model the metabolism of an organism through its life cycle. Identify puzzles & issues to be addressed using DEB Use the Add-my Pet database and the scaling relationships and the Arrhenius correction function to estimate DEB parameters for a species

Feedback from the audience How can we reach more students/scientists that might be interested? Major difficulties in learning and using DEB? What would have helped in your learning process? What would you want your students to learn ?