Resources

OER Project: 2012 Legacies for Learning

The Project, with the support of the HE Academy and JISC, has commissioned or identified and made accessible a range of Open Educational Resources related to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Resources by Format: Case Studies | Discussion Starters | Other Resources | Books | Research Papers | Research Packs | Olympics Food Safety | Links 

Resources by Theme (on RADAR): Arts, Culture and Design | Athletes Performance | Ethics and Values | Food Safety | Funding and Marketing | Gender and Widening Participation | Governance Management | History | Impact and Legacy | Politics | Sustainability | Tourism 

The Project

The HLST Subject Network was awarded funds for the development of Open Educational Resources (OER) by JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) within a twelve month project. Open Educational Resources are digital learning materials which are placed in repositories for open access, normally under licence, to be used, improved and re-used. The aim of the project was to identify, develop as necessary, make accessible and promote resources which can support higher education programmes in engaging students in learning through opportunities afforded by the Olympic and Paralympic Games and their legacy.

The 2012 Olympics and Paralympics provide an excellent opportunity for engaging students in the HLST subjects, and other subjects, in learning across a spectrum of topics and issues, and the project is providing a range of open educational resources to support this through both appropriate content and greater accessibility.

There are many resources that relate to the theme of the Olympics and Paralympics but they are scattered and restricted by copyright, and much of the work of the project has involved the identification of appropriate resources and the checking and clearance of IPR issues with others. The Project set out to identify, develop as necessary, make accessible and promote such resources, and achieved this through working with a number of key stakeholders who were able to release or provide a number of different resources, including the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), Routledge, and resources for higher education related to the Games in Los Angeles, Barcelona and Vancouver.

The Project is providing the resources in several categories of resource, in some cases related to the stakeholders. Many of the resources can be used openly for learning, teaching and assessment purposes and can be copied and even repurposed for use with students as part of a critical discourse. Some of the resources are original documents and reports (like those related to the planning of the 2012 Games) which will not be repurposed, but will enhance research and enquiry-led learning.

The collection includes:

• Case studies and discussion starters which examine a range of issues and questions facing the Olympics and Paralympics
• Official documents: official plans, publications and reports from LOCOG related to the planning of the 2012 Games
• Research resources: Other resources underpin and promote research into the Olympics and Paralympics including a range of Routledge publications and a research pack produced for the Project by the SPEAR Centre at Canterbury Christchurch University.

To find out more about the project browse the collection in RADAR.

LinkBC has also produced a series of 45+ discussion starters designed to promote the development of 2010 Winter Games-related knowledge and encourage critical discussion on a wide-range of topics. These can be accessed at the e-Legacies: Learning Resources for the 2010 Games website.
The Discussion Starter Catagories Grid can also be downloaded as a .pdf.

Case Studies

• Boxing Clever: What can boxing tell is about our culture and society?
• The Olympics and Morals: Sport builds character
• Paralympic Sport: Are we equal yet?
• Sustainability in Mega-event Planning: How green are the games?
• Youth Olympic Games
• Olympic Sponsorship: The TOP Programme
• Oscar Pistorius
• Sport and Politics: Are the Olympic Games political
• London 2012: A Nutritional Legacy?
• How London Won the Right to Host the 2012 Games
• Economic Investment in the Games: 2012 and Beyond
• Female Participation in the Olympic Games
• Cycling: Team GB v The IOC
• The Olympic Games and Eastern Europe
• Race and Ethnicity in Olympic History

Discussion Starters

Part 1

• Oscar Pistorius v the IAAF
• London 2012: Not Cultural Enough for a Cultural Olympiad?
• SOCHI 2014
• Olympic Media Rights: Exactly what is media these days?
• The Olympic Games and Politics
• Women's Boxing: Changing the Face of Sport at the Olympic Games
• London, England and the Olympic Games: A History of London 1908, 1948 and 2012 Games
• That's Our Logo? Controversy Surrounding the London 2012 Olympic Logo
• The Olympic Spirit: Peace and Goodwill via Sport
• Non-London Olympic Venues: Answering Criticisms of a London‐centric Bid
• A Case Study in Sports Mega Event Bid Management: How we Won the 2012 Games
• Politics and the Olympic Games: Case Study 2 - Berlin 1936: 'Hitler's Olympics'
• The Future of Paralympic Games
• Funding Paralympic Sport
• Transport and the Olympic Games: The Case of London 2012
• The Credit Crunch and Financing the Games: Can sports mega-events such as London 2012 survive the global economic crisis?
• Doping and the Games: Is the Olympic Federation Winning the Fight?
• Commercialisation of the Games
• McVolunteers; Volunteering Under the Golden Arches
• Sports Tourism: The Economic Benefit of the Games

Part 2

• Philosophy: Epitetus, Plato, Aristotle and the Olympics
• 2012 and Social Problems: Homelessness and the Olympic Games
• Legacy of the Games: Health and Wellbeing
• The Olympic Games and Funding Issues
• Sponsorship
• Commercialisation of the Games: A Song for the Olympic Games
• Participation: Aiming for History not Just the Winners Podium
• Are we Making the Most of Olympic Tourism for the 2012 Games?
• Widening Participation: What does it take to become an Olympic Sport?
• Image and Branding of 2012: Computer Generated Smurfs?
• Security: An Elite Anti-Fire System for the 2012 Olympics
• Widening Participation: The Winter Games and Investment in Facilities
• Widening Participation: The Choice of Venue for the Equestrian Events
• Olympic Values: Keeping the Amateurs Amateur
• Green Games: How Green are the 2012 Games?
• What Can London 2012 Learn from Vancouver 2010?
• Levelling the Playing Field: The Olympic Games 2012 and Minority
• Olympic Values: The Olympics and Authentic Leadership
• Funding the Games: Is an Olympic CEO Worth More Than a Prime Minister?
• Olympic Legacy: Questioning an Olympic Legacy for Wales
• Genderisation and Sexualisation of the Female Olympic Athlete
• Olympic Values: Sport Always Courts Controversy
• Olympic Values: The Real Gridiron Gang
• The Demands on Athletes: Risk Transfer and the Olympic Athlete

 

Other Resources

The Routledge Online Studies on the Olympic and Paralympic Games website contains over 1000 book chapters and journal articles, as well as links to external resources.

Also:

• Intute: Guide to Internet Resources for Olympic Studies
• International Journal of Sport Marketing and Sponsorship
• HLST Olympics Resource Guide
• Olympic and Paralympic Bibliographies at the Australian Centre for Olympic Studies
• Culture at the Olympics: Issues, Trends and Perspectives
• Independent Environmental Assessments - Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
• ISPAL Olympics Resources
• The Routledge Olympic Collection 
• Audio interview with John Buswell, project director of 2012 Legacies for Learning
• Olympic and Paralympic Resources at People 1st

Books

• The Olympics: A Critical Reader, by Vassil Girginov (ed)
• The Olympic Games: A Social Science Perspective, by K Toohey & A J Veal
• Olympic Tourism by Mike Weed
• The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: Vancouver 2010 Edition, by David Wallechinsky and Jaime Loucky
• Olympic Cities by John R. Gold & Margaret M. Gold
• The Beijing Olympics: Promoting China
• The Politics of the Olympics: A Survey
• Olympic Legacies: Intended and Unintended
• Sustainable Olympic Design and Urban Development
• India and the Olympics
• Olympism: The Global Vision
• Crafting Patriotism for Global Dominance: America and the Olympics
• The International Olympic Committee and the Olympic System
• Olympic Media: Inside the Biggest Show on Television
• The Olympic Games Explained
• Sustainable Reform and Development in Post-Olympic China
• Terrorism and the Olympics
• Olympic Event Organization
• Olympic Women and the Media
• The Economics of Staging the Olympics
• Marketing of Olympic Sport Organisations

Research Papers

• The Olympic Games: Twenty-First Century challenges as a global Media Event
• A comparative analysis of Australian, US, and British telecasts of the Seoul Olympic opening ceremony
• SKATEBOARDING: An Interpretation of Space in the Olympic City
• "Amoral universalism": mediating and staging global and local in the 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games
• One hundred years of cultural programming within the Olympic Games (1912-2012): origins, evolution and projections
• Gender, Interculturalism and Discourses on Women's Leadership in the Olympic Movement
• Why Corporations Sponsor the Olympics 
• Meanings and Functions in Olympic Consumption: A Study of the Athens 2004 Olympic Licensed Products
• A Brief Historical Review of Olympic Urbanization
• Olympic Games: Catalyst of Urban Change
• The Four ‘Knowns' of Sports Mega-Events
• A Review of Tourism Policy for the 2012 Olympics
• Perceptions of Terrorism Threats at the 2004 Olympic Games: Implications for Sport Events
• Mapping the Olympic Growth Machine
• The British Government and the Olympic movement: The 1948 London Olympics
• Post-event Outcomes and the Post-modern Turn: The Olympics and Urban Transformations
• Berlin in 1936: Old and New Work on the Nazi Olympics
• SKATEBOARDING: An Interpretation of Space in the Olympic City
• The political process of constructing a sustainable London Olympics sports development legacy
• The Use of Sports Science in Preparation for Olympic Competition
• Outcome Uncertainty in Sporting Competition: the Olympic Games 1896-1996
• The Olympic Idea
• Manly Displays: Exhibitions and the Revival of the Olympic Games
• Whence 776? The Origin of the Date for the First Olympiad
• Public diplomacy games: a comparative study of American and Japanese responses to the interplay of nationalism, ideology and Chinese soft power strategies around the 2008 Beijing Olympics

 

Research Packs

• A UK-Wide Legacy? Leveraging the Olympic and Paralympic Values
• Paralympic Narratives - Perceptions of Disability
• Getting the Nation Moving: The Festival Effect
• Understanding Olympic Tourism Flows
• Measuring an Olympic and Paralympic Effect on Sport Participation
• Live Sites: Bringing Places to People
• How Will We Know if the Games Benefit Young People?
• Inspiring Sport Participation: The Demonstration Effect
• The Games in Schools: PE & Cross Curricular Impacts

Olympics Food Safety

• Cleaning for Caterers
• Cross-Contamination
• Pests
• Hazards
• Food Allergies and Intolerances
• Food Safety Resources: An Introduction
• Toxins and Viruses
• Hazard Awareness and Critical Control Points
• Food Poisoning

Links

• Podium
• Link BC
• London2012.com
• Youth Olympic Games
• Sustainable Sport and Event Toolkit (SSET)
• IOC Olympic Studies Centre, Switzerland
• Select Committee Olympic Report Published
• London Olympics Sustainable Development Strategy
• London 2012 Games: The Next Lap DCMS Report
• Link 20: Events Management
• Olympic Studies Centre, Barcelona
• Olympic Studies Net
• International Centre for Olympic Studies
• Australian Centre for Olympic Studies
• Centre for Olympic Studies and Research, Loughborough University
• Olympism in Action
• Personal Best Website
• Accessible Tourism Stakeholder Forum
• University of Leeds Olympic Programme
• Intellectual Muscle - University Dialogues for Vancouver 2010
• London 2012 - Get Set: Involving Children and Young People
• Creative Campus Initiative
• Regional Educational Legacy in Arts and Youth Sport (RELAYS)
• 2010 Legacies Now
• Sport & Society - The Summer Olympics and Paralympics through the Lens of Social Science
• Olympics Resources at the British Library Management & Business Studies Portal
• Loughborough Flames: Lighting the Way

Resources by Theme

• Arts, culture and design ( 14 results )
• Athletes performance ( 7 results )
• Ethics and values ( 22 results )
• Food safety ( 9 results )
• Funding and marketing ( 30 results )
• Gender and Widening Participation ( 22 results )
• Governance management ( 14 results )
• History ( 12 results )
• Impact and legacy ( 36 results )
• Politics ( 16 results )
• Sustainability ( 8 results )
• Tourism ( 9 results )
• Case studies and discussion starters ( 83 results )
• Research packs ( 9 results )
• Research papers ( 24 results )