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Equipment for Biomechanics teaching
Dear Readers,
We are about to launch the first of two new programmes here at HKIEd (one focussed on Sports Science in 2011-12 and the other in Health and Sport Studies in 2012-13), which will mean our undergraduate population here will increase significantly. Both programmes will include courses in biomechanics and exercise physiology (among other areas) and we are now preparing for the increased teaching usage of our Human Performance Laboratory. We will be offering courses at Introductory and Advanced levels.
Our laboratory is already quite well-equipped for research purposes (e.g., 3D motion capture - both with markers and markerless, EMG, force platforms, etc.), but often this equipment can be quite time-consuming to use and generally involves only one subject, which means that for many students, the lab becomes more of a demonstration. As well, it is quite expensive and we try to limit the number of people actually controlling the equipment to those properly trained.
We want to try to offer students more hands-on experiences which may mean we need multiples of somewhat simpler equipment for simultaneous use. We would like to have equipment that students could also use easily for self-study and/or revision. Also, our classes are a maximum of 3hrs and so set-up time should be minimal.
We would like to seek members' input on what sort of teaching equipment they are using primarily for teaching in biomechanics. It would seem to us that teaching equipment may be different from research equipment and that some factors to consider include:
Of course, this may not be an exhaustive list of considerations.
We would appreciate any sharing of ideas and experiences in this topic area.
We are about to launch the first of two new programmes here at HKIEd (one focussed on Sports Science in 2011-12 and the other in Health and Sport Studies in 2012-13), which will mean our undergraduate population here will increase significantly. Both programmes will include courses in biomechanics and exercise physiology (among other areas) and we are now preparing for the increased teaching usage of our Human Performance Laboratory. We will be offering courses at Introductory and Advanced levels.
Our laboratory is already quite well-equipped for research purposes (e.g., 3D motion capture - both with markers and markerless, EMG, force platforms, etc.), but often this equipment can be quite time-consuming to use and generally involves only one subject, which means that for many students, the lab becomes more of a demonstration. As well, it is quite expensive and we try to limit the number of people actually controlling the equipment to those properly trained.
We want to try to offer students more hands-on experiences which may mean we need multiples of somewhat simpler equipment for simultaneous use. We would like to have equipment that students could also use easily for self-study and/or revision. Also, our classes are a maximum of 3hrs and so set-up time should be minimal.
We would like to seek members' input on what sort of teaching equipment they are using primarily for teaching in biomechanics. It would seem to us that teaching equipment may be different from research equipment and that some factors to consider include:
- Robustness
- Cost of purchase/maintenance
- Ease of setup/operation
- Minimal post-collection data processing
Of course, this may not be an exhaustive list of considerations.
We would appreciate any sharing of ideas and experiences in this topic area.
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