Dr Julia Sargent BA (hons), PhD, FHEA

I am a Lecturer working in the Institute of Educational Technology (IET). I have worked at the Open University and IET since 2018, supporting teaching and research in Academic Professional Development. My role in the past had been mainly focused around the development of scholarship training and supporting pan university scholarship. I currently work within the Curriculum strand of IET where I support the development of the microcredentials.

I am the module chair of H819 and the microcredential HZFM882. I am working on co-authoring some of the microcredential 'Evaluating Online Teaching' and supporting learners on the Online Educator courses on FutureLearn. In addition to these roles I also support the development of the Applaud programme.

My research interests include digital technology, teaching, learning, strengths-based approaches and practice-based research. I also explore the combination of digital technologies and pedagogy to investigate how digital technology can support teaching and learning in different contexts such as physical education. 

Julia is a Lecturer who has been working in the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University since 2018. She currently works in the curriculum part of IET working on the microcredentials courses. Her research involves exploring digital technology and it's relationship with teaching and learning in different contexts.

Previously, Julia has worked in the field of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy and has explored the use of digital technology to support learning and teaching.

2021

• Hall, Johanna; Gaved, Mark and Sargent, Julia. (2021). Participatory Research Approaches in Times of Covid-19: A Narrative Literature Review. International Journal of Qualitative Methods (Early Access).

• Sargent, Julia and Lynch, Shrehan. (2021). ‘None of my other teachers know my face/emotions/thoughts’: Digital technology and democratic assessment practices in higher education physical education.. Technology, Pedagogy and Education (In press).

• Sargent, Julia and Casey, Ashley. (2021). Appreciative inquiry for physical education and sport pedagogy research: a methodological illustration through teachers’ uses of digital technology.. Sport, Education and Society, 26 (1) pp. 45-57.

• Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Bossu, Carina; Coughlan, Tim; Ferguson, Rebecca; FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Gaved, Mark; Herodotou, Christothea; Rienties, Bart; Sargent, Julia; Scanlon, Eileen; Tang, Jinlan; Wang, Qi; Whitelock, Denise and Zhang, Shuai (2021). Innovating Pedagogy 2021: Open University Innovation Report 9. The Open University, Milton Keynes.

2020

• Sargent, Julia and Casey, Ashley. (2020). Flipped Learning, Pedagogy and Digital Technology: Establishing Consistent Practice to Optimise Lesson Time. European Physical Education Review, 26 (1) pp. 70-84.

• 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.

• Sargent, Julia and Casey, Ashley (2020). Using digital technologies to enhance your teaching of physical education. In: Capel, Susan; Cliff, Joanne and Lawrence, Julia eds. A practical guide to teaching physical education in the secondary school London: Routledge.

• Lynch, Shrehan and Sargent, Julia. (2020). Using the meaningful physical education features as a lens to view student experiences of democratic pedagogy in higher education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 25 (6) pp. 629-642.

• Sargent, Julia. (2020). [Book Review] Debates in physical education. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 11 (3) pp. 282-284.

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).

• 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.

2018

• Sargent, Julia. (2018). [Book Review] Digital technologies and learning in physical education: pedagogical cases. Sport, Education and Society, 23 (1) pp. 108-110.

• Sargent, Julia and Casey, Ashley (2018). Exploring pedagogies of digital technology in physical education through appreciative inquiry. In: Koekoek, Jeroen and van Hilvoorde, Ivo eds. Digital Technology in Physical Education: Global Perspectives Routledge, pp. 69-85.

• Sargent, Julia (2018). Exploring Pedagogy And Digital Technology In Physical Education Through Appreciative Inquiry. PhD thesis Loughborough University.

Online forums | 30th December 2020

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

Online article | 6th January 2021

Playing with Research in Health & Physical Education Podcase | 10th May 2021

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

BJET Fellowship

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)