OPENACCESSRESOURCESCREATED TOHELPONLINETEACHINGTHROUGHTHE PANDEMIC

The Centre for Sport Capacity has developed a partnership with students to provide two methods of e-learning. The first learning resource that was released was “Sport: A Connection to Health and Society” and the second was “Evolution and Development of Sport in Canada”.

The e-learning methods were developed for Ontario high school teachers to better integrate sport content into their classroom. These resources were developed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Institutionallearningatall levels was forced to transition online and this e-learningresourceoffers an additional form of learning that teachers may use with their students.

Asthedaytodayroutine formanypeoplechanged drastically, the CSC looked to provide an open-access resource to help ease the burden on teachers. This form of learningwasnewtoboth studentsandteachers.

To be able to share these supplementary resources to assist in learning shows only upsides. “Our goal when creating this resource was to ease the burden felt by our whole education system, as we had to quickly pivot to an online learning format,” said team member and Brock graduate Rachael Holmes (BEd ’20). “During these challenging times, everyone needs a little extra support from their community. Our intention in creating this resource was to provide a small ounce of that support.”