While some of you may see this course as merely another requirement to graduate, we challenge you to view your physical activity course as a medium which can have a significant impact on the rest of your life. This requires you to be actively engaged and participate – on a regular and consistent basis – in your PE course. Consistent engagement and participation ensures that you will develop the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills necessary to lead a healthy lifestyle.
Part of that challenge requires us, as educators and instructors, to provide an informative and practical curriculum for you to learn. And, we are always open to your feedback. In fact, your feedback in previous years/semesters encouraged us to transform the curriculum into one that is more relevant and practical and that optimized the use of Open Education Resources and becomes an Open Educational Resource for you.

The ultimate purpose of this PEDB course is to graduate you from a lower level of physical activity to Level 5.

>Read through the following levels below, and identify your current level.

LEVEL 1: Student has no or minimal past experiences with physical activity
LEVEL 2: Student cognitively understands what it takes to perform a physical activity properly, and begins to show signs of physically performing the activity correctly
LEVEL 3: Student begins to make connections with practice at the classroom level and attempts to transfer his/her skills outside the classroom, while adhering to the rules and traditions of the activity
LEVEL 4: Student sees activity as a social activity, which can be engaged in with friends, family, or coworkers for recreational purposes
LEVEL 5: Student views activity as a medium to ultimately enhance their level of physical activity, providing an opportunity to impact others and sustain a healthy level of exercise for the duration of his/her life

What’s Your Current Level?  Regardless of your current level, we hope to come alongside you and help you reach a higher level. If you feel that you are already at Level 5, we hope to diversify your experiences and knowledge of a particular physical activity.

Specific success stories illustrating individuals’  experiences of the benefits of physical activity participation and engagement can be found below:

• Read about Harold (7), Maria (16), Alex (32), Demetrise (42), Susan (45), David (65) and Harold (67) on CDC’s Success stories page at http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/success/index.htm

• UGA students in PEDB courses testified:

What started out as the class from hell may have actually saved my life. I have to do this for my health more than anything now. I’m now thanking UGA for making PE a mandatory requirement; not only am I starting to enjoy the exercise each week, but I find myself eating healthier too, because I don’t want to mess up the calories I just burned off. I’ve gotten into a routine now and physical activity is a part of my regimen. I’m not going to mess it up at this point, I’ve come too far!

I have made a factor of life changes this semester. I consider this class one of the many resources I utilized to form better habits.

It has introduced me to a lot of fitness techniques that can be used at home, without going to the gym

I am really surprised that my PEDB course changed my exercise behavior, because I was already aware of the benefits of exercise, but on days that I don’t have a morning course workout I feel sluggish and down. Our quizzes really hammered that home and informed me that physical activity also affects cancer, which I didn’t know. The class has helped me stay active, particularly while I have an injury that benefits from activity even though it makes me want to sit around.

>>>You have now completed the Relevance module and can proceed to take the Relevance” Quiz