Technology.

The AIESEP Digital Technologies for Teaching, Learning, and Health Promotion Special Interest Group (Tech SIG for short)

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The use of digital technologies in education, coaching, and health promotion is rapidly expanding, which raises critical questions about how we teach, learn, train, coach, and advocate in a digital world. From AI and online learning to wearables and telehealth, these technologies are not simply add-ons. They are transforming the landscape of health and physical education, physical activity and health promotion, and sport pedagogy.

The AIESEP Digital Technologies for Teaching, Learning, and Health Promotion Special Interest Group (Tech SIG for short) provides a global platform for researchers, practitioners, and educators to critically explore, share, and shape the use of digital technologies for teaching, learning and health promotion across professions and contexts.

Our Mission

Our Tech SIG mission is to provide community minded spaces for AIESEP members to share, learn about, and celebrate good research, engage in critical discourse, participate in professional development, and nurture international collaborations related to the roles and applications of digital technologies in health & physical education (HPE), health & physical activity promotion, sport pedagogy, and health and physical education teacher education (HPETE).

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to advance knowledge and critical understanding of the roles and applications of digital technologies within diverse HPE, health & physical activity promotion, sport pedagogy, and HPETE contexts through critical discourse, rigorous research, and interdisciplinary and international collaborations. We intend to support educative movement experiences through the expansion and enhancement of inclusive and equitable opportunities for physical activity and health.

Our Goals Through 2035

Goals represent key initiatives for the Tech SIG and objectives represent potential avenues for achieving said goals. The spirit of this section is to demonstrate aspirations and possibilities over a 10-year timeline with the expectation of starting small and expanding efforts intentionally, if and as interest and capacity grows.

Goal: Share research and knowledge by facilitating the dissemination of high-quality research on digital technologies in HPE, health & physical activity promotion, sport pedagogy, and HPETE

Objective: Organize/facilitate an annual pre congress/ preconference SIG meeting

Objective: Organize/facilitate/encourage symposia on issues of SIG interest (e.g. social media, health technologies, AI applications, or digital movement therapy)

Objective: Promote/encourage submission of AIESEP conference papers and promote/encourage support reviewing submissions

Objective: Organize/facilitate at least one (1) AIESEP connect each year on a SIG-related topic

Objective: Create a AIESEP Aligned SIG Twitter/X account for highlighting members’ broad contributions to the production of research and knowledge on digital technology in HPE, health & physical activity promotion, sport pedagogy and HPETE

Objective: Organize/sponsor a digital technology-related feature/keynote talk during a symposium or congress/conference-wide

Objective: Organize/sponsor a Paper of the Year Award for an exemplar digital technology-related contribution to the knowledge base

Goal: Promote critical discourse by fostering an open, solution-oriented environment for discussion regarding the roles and applications of digital technology in HPE, health & physical activity promotion, sport pedagogy, and HPETE

Objective: Cultivate an inclusive and collaborative SIG environment where diverse voices, backgrounds, and perspectives are valued and actively encouraged, to ensure all members/participants feel heard and respected

Objective: Organize/host panel discussions and/or debates online and/or during AIESEP congress/conferences to explore emerging or controversial topics related to digital technology in HPE, health & physical activity promotion, sport pedagogy, and HPETE

Goal: Foster international, interdisciplinary collaboration by providing spaces to develop and strengthen connections among AIESEP members and their extended network of researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders

Objective: Create a network directory of SIG members interested in collaborative projects

Objective: Initiate joint research projects and grant proposals that involve multiple institutions and countries

Goal: Promote the use of evidence-informed digital technology use practices in HPE, health & physical activity promotion, sport pedagogy, and/or HPETE

Objective: Develop guidelines and best practices for using digital technologies to expand and enhance inclusive and equitable PE, health & physical activity promotion, sport pedagogy, and/or HPETE opportunities (for example, to support emergent discussions around areas such as AI and ChatGPT)

Objective: Publish policy briefs and position statements on key issues related to digital technology and HPE, health & physical activity promotion, sport pedagogy, and/or HPETE

Objective: Provide mentoring and peer-support programs for AIESEP members seeking to innovate their teaching/promoting/ coaching/learning/advocacy practices with and through digital technologies

Goal: Promote inclusive and equitable access to quality HPE, health & physical activity promotion, sport pedagogy, and/or HPETE opportunities supported through digital technologies

Objective: Develop international guidelines and best practices for using digital learning to expand and enhance inclusivity and equity in HPE, health & physical activity promotion, sport pedagogy, and/or HPETE opportunities

Objective: Conduct workshops and training sessions for professionals on implementing best digital technology-use practices in diverse applied settings

Leadership Responsibilities

Chair, Chad Killian, University of New Hampshire, USA, chad.killian@unh.edu

Chair-Elect, Julia Sargent, The Open University, UK, julia.sargent@open.ac.uk