Sport Informatics and Analytics/Design

Design and Development Team

 * Primary author: Keith Lyons
 * Open peer review from OERu partner institutions.

Metadata

 * Level: Masters unit
 * Discipline: Sport Science
 * Notional learning hours: 150 hours.
 * Hashtag: UCSIA16

Intended Target Audience
This unit is designed for people who work in sport performance environments or who aspire to do so. We anticipate that the content here might be of interest to a wider audience too for whom sport is an important part of their lives.

Prerequisite Knowledge
Although we introduce some basic ideas around statistics and visualisation, no prior knowledge is anticipated in the planning of the unit content. Some experience of sport performance environments would support learners to explore in depth some of the issues raised.

Unit Aim
The aim of this OERu unit has been to explore the intersection of informatics and analytics in sport contexts. We use four themes as the scaffold for the unit.

By the end of your online activity, in the context of the aim for this unit, we hope you have:


 * Thought about your personal learning journey in a unit that is founded on connectivist principles.
 * Engaged in some pattern recognition activities.
 * Explored diverse approaches to performance monitoring.
 * Considered how you might use augmented information about sport performance with a range of audiences.

Learning Outcomes
We anticipate that at the completion of this unit, you will be able to:


 * Demonstrate disciplined and critical insights into the observation, recording and analysis of performance in sport training and competition environments.
 * Apply knowledge of better practice in sport informatics and analytics to your own sport contexts.
 * Reflect critically on the use of sport informatics and analytics in order to anticipate and develop opportunities to transform your own and others’ performances.

Development and Delivery
This is a stand alone unit at present. It does form part of the University of Canberra's Master of High Performance Sport degree.

Learners are encouraged to develop their own pathway through the unit content but are encouraged to visit the Introductions theme first.

Assessment
The unit is offered in two modes. The first is to engage with the content as a personal learning opportunity. The second is to submit an electronic portfolio (ePortfolio) as the assessment item for the unit. This requires registration with the University of Canberra. There is more information about the assessment here.

Student-Content

 * Each of the four themes incorporates a short video signpost to provide students with an orientation or stimulus.
 * Learners will work through questions designed for independent study.
 * There are learning challenges included in the unit.
 * These learning challenges are building blocks for formative and summative ePortfolio assessment.

Student-Student
Students can interact with others following this unit in a variety of ways. These include:
 * The use of #UCSIA16 to exchange ideas in social media.
 * Commentaries on each other's ePortfolio content and reflections.
 * Forums, including University of Canberra's Moodle site, to discuss and share ideas and reflections.

Student-Support
The unit is supported by a commitment by the University of Canberra to digital stewardship.