Call for applications: Innovation Booster on “SportsTech Education”

Experts in the field of learning and teaching in sports (PE teachers, Coaches, Lecturers, Researchers, etc.), pedagogical experts, tech experts, etc. and any other interested parties are invited to apply now for participation in the dedicated Innovation Booster powered by Innosuisse, which will take place on 2 February 2023, from 9:30 am to 4:30pm. The session will be organised face-to-face (location to be announced). St.Gallen University of Teacher Education will be the Theme Leader and aim at finding innovative solutions answering those questions:

How can modern sports use digital opportunities for learning and teaching in Physical Education (PE) and sports?

Submit your application to participate here until 20 January!

Language : German, French, English

Context

The use of big data and new technologies in sports and training settings is well established. However, the digital transformation has been slow to arrive in educational settings like schools and universities of teacher education. For example, compared to other school subjects, physical education is the subject in which digital tools are least used. More recently, the Covid pandemic led to increased digitalization efforts, which are supported by numerous educational and digitalization initiatives in the cantons. In this context, digitalization efforts in physical education teaching were mostly limited to using video analysis tools to conduct qualitative assessments of movement sequences; or to using remote learning technologies in an effort to shift to distance learning and establish hybrid, higher education teaching-learning environments.

School and university approaches to physical education will have to undergo significant reforms in the coming years if they want to continue to fulfill their social mission: to prepare children, adolescents and young adults for a rapidly changing sports world. Innovations in sports education are therefore urgently needed. The interplay between educational technologies (EdTech) and sport technologies (SportTech) offers great economic and educational potential to develop new tools and create new learning environments that will improve the learning and teaching processes of students and teachers, as well as the training and coaching processes of trainers and exercise instructors.