Dr Julia Sargent BA (hons), PhD, FHEA

Julia is a Lecturer working in the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) supporting teaching and research in Academic Professional Development (APD). She is the academic lead for Scholarly Career Development. Her role is mainly focused around the development of pan-university scholarship and use of technology to enhance professional learning and staff development. She also looks at digital pedagogies and how digital technology can support learning and learning materials.

Prior to this role, Julia completed her PhD at Loughborough University in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. She explored how and why physical education teachers' used digital technology.

Her research interests include digital technology, teaching, learning, strengths-based approaches and practice-based research. Julia is a Fellow of the HEA (FHEA).

Julia is a Lecturer working in the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University. She works in Academic Professional Development (APD) and is the academic lead for scholarship career development. Her role is mainly focused on the use of technology to enhances learning and digital pedagogies to support staff development, scholarship and distance education.

2020

• Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Beirne, Elaine; Conole, Gráinne; Costello, Eamon; Coughlan, Tim; Ferguson, Rebecca; FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Gaved, Mark; Herodotou, Christothea; Holmes, Wayne; Mac Lochlainn, Conchur; Nic Giolla Mhichíl, Mairéad; Rienties, Bart; Sargent, Julia; Scanlon, Eileen; Sharples, Mike and Whitelock, Denise (2020). Innovating Pedagogy 2020: Open University Innovation Report 8. The Open University, Milton Keynes.

2019

• Fullagar, Simone; Petris, Sandra; Sargent, Julia; Allen, Stephanie; Aktar, Muhsina and Ozakinci, Gozde. (2019). Action research with parkrun UK volunteer organisers to develop inclusive strategies. Health Promotion International (Early Access).

• Sargent, Julia; Adams, Anne and FitzGerald, Elizabeth. (2019). Should teaching be focused on students or content? Evaluating the Tricky Topic process to identify and address student misunderstandings. In: ECER Conference, 3-6 Sep 2019, Hamburg, Germany.

• FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Adams, Anne; Bektik, Duygu; Bossu, Carina; Clough, Gill; Ismail, Nashwa and Sargent, Julia. (2019). Tools and Technologies for Advancing Professional Development. In: CALRG Annual Conference 2019, 17-18 Jun 2019, The Open University, Milton Keynes.

The Times Higher Education (THE) | 9th January 2020

Playing with Research in Health & Physical Education Podcase | 10th April 2020

Podcast | 3rd February 2018

Past

Conference Presentation

3rd September 2019

Evaluating The Tricky Topic Process To Identify And Address Student Misunderstandings.

ECER Conference Hamburg, Germany

Conference Presentation

12th September 2018

Physical education teachers' views and beliefs about teaching with digital technology.

British Educational Research Association Conference (BERA) Newcastle

Conference Presentation

26th July 2018

Flipped Learning, Pedagogy and Digital Technology: Embedding Practice

International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP)

Conference Presentation

18th June 2018

Digital technology and pedagogy in Physical Education teaching: Flipped learning

CALRG Open University - Milton Keynes

Awards

Employability Scholarship Funding

Global Challenges Research Fund

Teaching Innovation Award

External Appointments

• Editorial Board member for the Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy Journal (2019)
• Reviewer for the European Physical Education Review Journal (2018)
• Reviewer and Editorial Board member for the Leisure Studies Journal (2018)
• Reviewer for the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (2018)
• Reviewer for the Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy Journal (2018)
• Reviewer for Sport, Education and Society Journal (2017)
• Social Media Administrator for the Leisure Studies Journal (2015)