These are the slides from a recent presentation regarding the application of learning technologies for facilitating the practical skill development of part-time MSc Strength and Conditioning/Sports Rehabilitation students.

1. PGCAP:
TEL Project Presentation
John McMahon, BSc (Hons), CSCS, ASCC
Graduate Teaching Assistant & PhD Candidate
School of Health, Sport & Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Salford
Presentation date:
29th November 2012

2. Teaching Problem
• 1st year part-time MSc students
• Shared module (physio/exercise)
• Have to learn complex exercises
• Practical assessment in May 2013
• All employed full-time
• Living across the country

3. TEL Solution
• Video modelling
(Atienza et al., 1998; Ram et al., 2007)
Combined
(Mackinnon, 1989)
• Online peer tutoring
(Comfort, 2011; Comfort & McMahon, 2012)

4. Methodology
• YouTube
(Burke & Snyder, 2008)
• BB Forum
(Thomas, 2002)
• Email
• Twitter
(Rowe, 2012)

5. Current Work
• Introduced project early October
• Revised video submission guidelines
• Face-to-face discussion after 1st month
• Uploaded videos of 2nd year BSc students
• Sampled Google+ Hangouts
• Sampled Dartfish Express App

6. Future Work
• Encourage further participation
• Evaluate the success of this project
- both in January & in May 2013
• Incorporate more TEL into the MSc
• Also incorporate more into the BSc
• Get funding for in-class iPad use

7. Questions?

8. References
• Burke, S.L. & Snyder, S.L. (2008). YouTube: An Innovative Learning Resource for
College Health Education Courses. International Electronic Journal of Health Education,
v11, p39-46.
• Comfort, P. (2011). The effect of peer tutoring on academic achievement during practical
assessments in applied sports science students. Innovations in Education and Teaching
International, 48(2), 207-211.
• Comfort, P. & McMahon, J. (2012). The effects of peer tutoring on academic
achievement. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, In-Press.
• MacKinnon, D. (1989) Living with conformity in student teaching. The Alberta Journal of
Educational Research, 35 (1), 2-19.
• Ram, N., Riggs, S.M., Skaling, S., Landers, D.M. & McCullagh, P. (2007). A Comparison
of Modelling and Imagery in the Acquisition and Retention of Motor Skills. Journal of
Sports Sciences, 25(5), 587-597.
• Rowe, M. (2012). The Use of Assisted Performance within an Online Social Network to
Develop Reflective Reasoning in Undergraduate Physiotherapy Students. Medical
Teacher, 34(7), e469-e475.
• Thomas, M.J.W. (2002). Learning within Incoherent Structures: The Space of Online
Discussion Forums. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 18(3), 351-366.

9. The Clean Exercise
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10. Blackboard Forum
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11. Google+ Hangout
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12. Dartfish Express App
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