Sport digitization management based on the example of physical education classes at the University of Lodz

Abstract

The main objective of the article is to analyze the process of transformation of physical education classes at the level of higher education, forced by the COVID 19 virus pandemic, mainly based on the identification of the determinants of the management of digitization of classes from the perspective of the people implementing them, i.e. the head of teaching and employees of the relevant unit . In order to achieve the aim of the article, apart from the analysis of the world literature on the subject, two types of own research were conducted. First, it was an indepth interview with the manager responsible for managing remote physical education classes. Then, a survey was conducted with the use of a questionnaire addressed to all employees of the analyzed entity in order to determine the determinants of digitization of disciplines conducted during classes for students. The results of the multifaceted analysis indicate that, according to the respondents, managing the process of digitizing physical education classes is difficult due to various identified barriers. However, it also has advantages which, in the opinion of the respondents, may with time even outweigh the disadvantages. However, this requires a process approach and skilful management with the support of all resources, from human resources to the broadly understood infrastructure. The research results obtained may be of use to many stakeholders: from other units conducting analogous physical education classes in a remote form, through recipients of this form of physical activity, to the government units responsible for the quality of physical education in society. However, it should be emphasized that the conducted analysis is only an illustration of the discussed issue, therefore the formulated conclusions cannot be applied to the entire population. The article presents the main aspects of managing the process of digitization of physical education. However, in order to better understand the complexity of the issue, it is also necessary to analyze the observations of the direct recipients of this type of activities, as well as other stakeholders, which thus indicates the direction of further research.