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REaCTOR (Renewable, Environmental and Construction Technology Open Resources)

The overall aim of the Reactor project is to create a set of 3d teaching and learning resources for use by Built Environment lecturers and students in both Higher and Further Education. The resources will seek to demonstrate these complex technologies whilst in a safe, virtual setting. The will also reveal the mechanics of how they work and demonstrate their impact on the environment.
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Project Completed
Funding period:October 2011 to October 2012
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Link Organisations:
Doncaster College
EU Skills
HEAcademy
NSA Environmental Technologies
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Open Resources for Built Environment Education (ORBEE)
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See also Comments
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Standards less

Standard Comments
RSS
hoping to have feeds for resources

Technologies less

YouTube
to illustrate use of 3d content
Unity3D
development environment
PHP
Wordpress
resources as posts

Comments:

Comment:
Posted by johnr at 2011-12-07 10:26:08
HTML 4, W3C
Comment:
Posted by johnr at 2011-12-07 10:24:19
Project will also produce related incidental outputs which will by CC licensed
Comment:
Posted by johnr at 2011-12-07 10:21:03
Source code licence also under consideration. Possible issues around international use.
Comment:
Posted by johnr at 2011-12-07 10:20:38
Intending to use CC: BY SA license or possibly CC: BY NC SA
Comment:
Posted by johnr at 2011-12-07 10:15:17
Tracking and use - using a download manager and looking at incorporating some sort of feedback. Also going to run forums on the site for discussion and feedback around resources
Comment:
Posted by johnr at 2011-12-07 10:12:53
Creating standalone applications rather than using unity player as running in webpage frequently causes compatibly issues.
Comment:
Posted by johnr at 2011-12-07 10:11:51
Putting links onto Jorum, ORBEE site, and other suitable websites/ repositories.
Comment:
Posted by johnr at 2011-12-07 10:08:50
Delivery: hosted on Reactor website; a number of subjects areas; a few for each subject, downloadable in win, mac, and in ios/android app stores if applicable
Comment:
Posted by johnr at 2011-12-07 10:07:09
Granularity - stand alone 3d applications,
Comment:
Posted by johnr at 2011-12-07 10:05:19
"Designing set of 3d learning resources to support teaching and learning around renewable and environmental technology in the built environment"
Comment:
Posted by johnr at 2011-12-07 09:58:10
HEA involvement is discipline lead for Built Environment
Comment:
Posted by Johnr at 2011-11-30 14:51:00
twitter: @reactorproject
Comment:
Posted by Johnr at 2011-11-30 14:45:41
"A set of 3d learning resources"
Comment:
Posted by Johnr at 2011-11-30 14:43:52
"blended learning activities that utilise mobile devices (ipad, iphone, android), web based resources and 3D stereo presentations."

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