Learning design is the deliberate crafting of experiences designed to support learning. In elite sport, the role of technology and data in providing feedback to athletes is now a multi-billion euro industry, built on the assumption that learning occurs with this feedback. Applied performance analysts use sports technology to generate, curate and translate data which ideally leads to better decision-making for players, coaches and sports executives. Despite this growth in the use of technology for sports feedback, few practitioners are trained to design environments which optimise learning or try and measure if learning and knowledge translation is happening. Thus there is often little understanding of the return on investment for this technology. This module introduces students to the principles of learning design in performance sport and the digital tools which support the planning, delivery and evaluation of performance feedback. Students will design and critically evaluate learning interventions and strategies for performance sport.

1. Critically evaluate learning environments in sporting ecosystems and how these can be assessed.
2. Critically asses theories and frameworks for learning design and evaluation and understand how they apply in performance sport environments.
3. Design, implement and evaluate learning interventions appropriate to organisational context.
4. Use digital tools to create appropriate aims, storyboards and materials to support learning interventions in sporting contexts.
5. Design a learning strategy based on an environmental assessment of a sports performance environment.

Sports organisations are spending significant amounts of money on technology and digital platforms which they assume are making an impact on performance. As with technology in all domains, the most critical element for success and impact is in how it is deployed and this usually lies with the professionals involved.

This module aims to provide students with an advanced knowledge and understanding of the systems and processes which optimise value co-creation in professional practice in sport. Students are supported to undertake personal and peer reflection on their professional practice, and to design and implement professional development plans.

1. Critically analyse the professional behaviours which add value to a performance ecosystem.
2. Use reflective practice to critically assess personal and professional development.
3. Conduct appropriate environmental assessments (to include a technology audit), individual and group needs analysis within the performance ecosystem.
4. Effectively select and use the tools and strategies for self and service management, appropriate to the level of experience and expertise.