NASPSPA - North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.

North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.

NASPSPA Motor Learning and Control Online Research Seminar Series

Overview of the Motor Learning and Control (MLC) Online Research Seminar Series

The MLC Online Research Seminar Series will support the Society’s function to advance scientific study, improve research quality, and facilitate research information dissemination in the area of motor learning and control. This Series aims to be an accessible platform for our international motor learning and control research community to present and discuss historical and emerging research topics in the months between the annual NASPSPA Conference.

 

Objectives

The organizing committee will deliver an annual Motor Learning & Control Online Research Seminar Series as a NASPSPA-affiliated activity to facilitate the development, advancement and dissemination of high-quality research in the area of motor learning and control. This will meet the following four needs for our membership:
  • Research engagement opportunities in between annual NASPSPA Conferences for scholars and students with interests in motor learning and control
  • Increase NASPSPA profile and membership offerings across the year
  • A platform to bring together the motor learning and control international research community across geographic locations to discuss historical and emerging topics
  • A forum to develop awareness and promote ideas relevant to motor learning and control research in the lead up to the annual NASPSPA Conference (e.g., developing themes for Conference symposia)

 

Committee

  • Maarten Immink, University of South Australia (Chair, Maarten.Immink@unisa.edu.au)
  • David I. Anderson, San Francisco State University
  • Keith R. Lohse, University of Utah
  • Harjiv Singh, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Student Representative)
  • Diane Ste-Marie, University of Ottawa
  • Howard N. Zelaznik, Purdue University

 

List of Activities

The MLC Online Research Seminar Series will run between September and May and include topics proposed by NASPSPA members with interests in motor learning and control research. While some topics might be specific to motor learning and control research, we expect that some topics will be broad in scope to be of interest to researchers and students in the sport and exercise psychology and motor development areas. All NASPSPA members are invited to participate in seminars offered in the MLC Online Research Seminar Series. There is no cost to participate for current members.
The inaugural MLC Online Research Seminar Series will include three online seminars scheduled for November 2020, February 2021, and April 2021. To meet this schedule, the topic for the November 2020 has been selected by the seminar series organizing committee – see below. For the remaining two topics and for future seminar series, we are inviting input from the membership for suggested motor learning and control research topics. Please fill out this survey to suggest future topics.
Save the Date! First Seminar of the 2020/2021 MLC Online Research Seminar Series
  • Topic: “Open and reproducible research in a productivity demanding academic world”
  • Synopsis: Join Diane Ste-Marie (University of Ottowa), Keith Lohse (University of Utah), Matt Miller (Auburn University), and Mike Carter (McMaster University) in this seminar aimed at providing practical knowledge and skills for adopting best practice open, transparent, and reproducible research approaches.
  • Seminar chairs: Howard Zelaznik (Purdue University) and Harjiv Singh (University of Nevada-Las Vegas)
  • Audience: All NASPSPA members are invited to join this online seminar.
  • Date: November 20, 2020
  • Time: 4:00 to 5:30 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST)
  • Login information: This is an online seminar. Seminar program details and link for registration will be provided in a future announcement released on October 19, 2020.

 

Approved Proposal

The NASPSPA Executive Committee acknowledges that other self-organized groups may want to put together proposals to address the needs of NASPSPA members. To provide transparency about the origin of the MLC Online Research Seminar Series and to serve as a template/model for future proposals, the approved proposal can be found here.