ST.ART

ST.ART Project

Transformational learning in a highly immersive virtual world environment.

Overview

ST.ART (street art in an a virtual space) is an European Commission funded education project designed to research and experiment with immersive spaces and school lesson content. Teachers can present an entire course of more than 45 hours of e-learning content and more than 45 hours of related activities all contained within a dedicated virtual world. The overall course covers art history, key techniques and the issues relating to street art, vandalism and community.

Key Features

Users can alter the Metropolis cityscape by painting or building their own content
User collaboration
Gallery and free spaces for students to present their virtual art works.
Game-like user levels to share and reinforce key learning content
Streaming audio and video lessons
Real-time teaching spaces
Avatar creation and customization
Sandbox area for orientation and skills training

ST•ART Wrapup Video Pt1 Intro from Rezzable on Vimeo.

Introduction to the ST•ART project.

Technology Deployed

Virtual World – OpenSim and Drupal 6.x plus proprietary Role management running on the Rezzable Grid
Virtual World Viewer – Imprudence viewer 1.32
ST.ART 2 Prototype – Unity3D, Drupal 7.x

Partners

The ST.ART project was supported by the European Commission Lifelong Learning Programme and adminster by lead partner Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi with contributions from Culture Circle , Opportunities Aid Foundation, Klaipeda Eduardas Balsys Gymnasium of Art , National M.K. Ciurlionis School of Art, Istituto Statale d’Arte e Liceo Artistico Roma 2, Institute of Tourism Studies of Malta and Evangelisches Gymnasium und Werkschulheim.