The following provides guidance for researchers on submitting Kinesiology resources that are within the public domain, and/or are free from copyright restrictions. Submitted materials may be reproduced, adapted, and distributed in various tangible mediums, including print, recorded media (video, audio), and electronic formats, in order to support the diverse educational needs within sport, health, and wellness. 

Submission Content List

  • Ideas - The tangible expression of ideas may include posts, blogs, and social media platforms such as X (formerly known as Twitter).
  • Common Facts – Examples of facts can be incorporated into slideshows, surveys, or questionnaires.
  • Hypothesis – Investigating a proposed theoretical explanation that examines various theoretical concepts.
  • Theories – Preparing and familiarizing users with theories that relate to Areas of Research within the Kinesiology field (i.e., Motor Learning Theory).
  • Discoveries, Processes, Systems – Through semi-structured interviews, researchers can discuss findings (i.e., knowledge gathered through observations), processes (i.e., hypothesis formation), or systems (i.e., the broader contexts in which these factors occur).
  • Videos - YouTube videos that are available for public use, or audiovisual materials composed of educational digital materials created by the researcher.
  • Individual research websites – Websites that relate to specific Kinesiology content that are publicly accessible.
  • Websites - Websites that include sport, health, and wellness topics (i.e. organizational websites, or sport federations)
  • Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journals - Publicly available articles (i.e, PLOS One).
  • Open Access Research Repositories – Research resources will be drawn from various university open-access databases (ie, journals, book chapters, and Ph.D. dissertations).
  • Podcasts - Researchers can submit publicly available podcasts or individual episodes surrounding sport, health, and wellness.

 If researchers wish to submit Originally Created Content to KOREN, they must complete the form, Permission for  Copyright Licensing. 

Content Policy

The following types of content will be excluded from KOREN. Examples include:

  • Datasets.
  • Special materials: Materials created as part of a taught course (i.e., undergraduate work).
  • Items that are individually tagged with: their version type and date, peer-reviewed status, their publication status.
  • Copyrighted publications, and other copyrighted literary and textual works (covers electronic and paper formats). Examples include such works as journal published articles, books, text books, periodicals, reports, published resource papers, manuscripts.
  • Licensed material publications.
  • Materials that conflict with the intellectual property licensed to the universities as set below:
    • University-affiliated social media accounts (i.e., Youtube channel).
    • University-affiliated internet/intranet (i.e., University news publications).
    • University marketing and promotional materials.

Submission Process for Open-Access Materials

Researchers interested in submitting resources, based on the submission list, are requested to complete the form below. Upon submission, a copy of the completed form will be sent to the researcher that records the resources that were submitted through their email.

Contact Information

      Name of Researcher - ...

      Area of Research - ....

      Email - ....

  • By ‘ticking’ the boxes below, the selected resources will be added to the Areas of Research or Links to Further Readings.
  • Researchers may submit as many resources as they wish that fall into the categories below.
  • All submitted materials must be licensed under the Creative Commons License (CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND, or CC BY), as these resources may be reused, shared, or adapted by others to develop classroom activities.

Please Note: It is suggested and helpful that the resources submitted have the licensing attributions visible on the documents or the materials may be considered copyrighted (i.e. All Rights Reserved). However, all submitted materials will be reviewed and checked.

  • Researchers may choose between Areas of Research and/or Links to Further Readings when submitting resources.
  • Hyperlinks to other resources will be maintained  on the Links to Further Readings Feature in KOREN and regularly checked to ensure they remain active on the original digital platforms (e.g. to avoid 404 errors).

The following resources will be added to the Areas of Research: 

       Common Facts

       Discoveries, Processes, Systems (i.e. Interviews)

       Open Access journals (i.e. PLOS|One)

       Theories (i.e. Achievement Goal Theory)   

       Individual Research Websites

 

The following Resources will be added to Links to Further Readings:

     Ideas (i.e. blogs, posts)

     Videos (i.e. Youtube)

     Websites (i.e. sport, health, and wellness organizations)

     Podcasts

 

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You are welcome to recommend any other publicly available resources that are free from copyright restrictions and fall into Areas of Research or Links to Further Readings. Please suggest examples below that can be added to the list:

 

 

 

THANK YOU!

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