SE237-5-SP-CO:
Digital Skills in Sport
2024/25
Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 21 March 2025
15
22 February 2024
Requisites for this module
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In this dynamic module, students will delve into the critical role of digital literacy in the sports industry, acknowledging the escalating importance of technology in shaping the future of sport, exercise, and health. The curriculum is designed to equip students with the necessary digital competencies to thrive in a technologically advanced sports environment.
The aims of this module are:
- To explore the evolving professional learning needs of practitioners, emphasizing the vital role of digital literacy in their development. The module will highlight how being digitally savvy enhances a practitioner's ability to adapt and innovate in a technology-dominated sports landscape.
- To carry out an in-depth examination of the ethical challenges and considerations presented by digital technologies in sport. This includes issues of data privacy, fair play, and the balance between technology and human element in sports.
- To take a comprehensive look at how digital technologies are revolutionizing sport, exercise, and health contexts. This includes wearable tech, data analytics, virtual and augmented reality, and telehealth applications. Students will gain hands-on experience with these technologies, understanding their impact on performance, and health monitoring.
- To investigate the tangible outcomes associated with the integration of digital technologies in sport and health. This covers areas such as improved athletic performance, and new frontiers in health and fitness management.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of digital literacies, as well as the confidence and ability to use a broad range of digital technologies.
- The ability to apply the underlying concepts covered in the module and to demonstrate this competence through coursework, seminar discussions, and the creation of a digital portfolio.
- Identify and explain the impacts of digital technologies on the sport, exercise, and health contexts.
- Apply basic data analysis techniques to identify solutions to the problems.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills to convey information in written and oral format to key stakeholders within the sporting sector.
Skills for your Professional Life (Transferable Skills)
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to demonstrate the following transferable skills:
- Technical proficiency.
- Data literacy.
- Communication skills.
Syllabus information
- Introduction to Digital Skills
- Digital Technology in Sport
- Digital Technology and Bio-Signals
- Digital Skills in Sport Science
- Digital Skills in Sports Coaching
- Digital Skills in Health
This module will be taught via a blend of lectures, seminars, practicals, and IT labs. All resources will be made available to students prior to session delivery. A variety of learning resources including e-books, podcasts etc. will be available to students to cater to differing learning material needs. Listen again will be available for all lectures and seminars.
This module will be delivered via:
- One 1-hour seminar
- Six 1-hour lecture per week
- Three 1-hour practicals per term
- Six 2-hour practical IT Labs per term
- Two drop-in sessions IT Lab Assessment support sessions
Students are expected to undertake directed reading before lectures and be prepared to engage in discussion.
Students are expected to prepare and deliver one ten-minute presentation at the end of the module.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
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No
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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