developing vr tools for an urban planning public participation ict curriculum

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1、1DevelopingVRtoolsforanurbanplanningpublicparticipationICTcurriculum;thePICTapproachVassilisBourdakisDPRD,UniversityofThessaly,Greecehttp://www.prd.uth.gr/staff/vas/Abstract.ThispaperisaworkinprogressreportonthePlanningInclusionofClientsthroughe-Training(PICT)Leonardofundedproject.Theaim

2、ofthepaperistopresenttheissuesrelatedtothedevelopmentofappropriateInformationCommunicationTechnologies(ICT)materialenablingVirtualReality(VR)technologiesinthisparticularcontext.Thetoolsdevelopedareorganisedinthreedistinctparts:thecommoncorepart,thepublicorientedandtheplanneroriented.Thec

3、urriculumstructureisanalysed,themethodsemployedindevelopingtheVRtoolsarepresentedandtheinitialexperimentsarediscussed.Keywords.Publicparticipation,ICTcurriculum,urbanplanning,VROverviewThispaperreportsonworkinprogressaspartofthePlanningInclusionofClientsthroughe-Training(PICT)Leonardofun

4、dedproject.Themainaimoftheprojectistoenhanceactivepublicparticipationinplanning.ThispaperfocusesontheissuesrelatedtothedevelopmentofappropriateInformationCommunicationTechnologies(ICT)curriculummaterialandinparticulartheVirtualReality(VR)toolsemployed.Theprojectaddressesallparticipantsin

5、theplanningprocess,thekeyobjectivesbeingtointroducekeyITskills,fighttechnophobiaanddisbelief,improvecommunicationskills,acquireanunderstandingofthebuiltenvironmentandspatialrepresentations,andfinallyintroducegamelikeactivitiestoimplementVRsupporttools.ICTmaterialdevelopmentThelearningmat

6、erialdevelopedfortheprojectbytheUniversityofThessaly,isorganisedinthreedistinctparts;theCorepartintroducingconcepts,technologyandtoolstoeverybody,thePublicoriented,focusingoncommunicationandvisualisationforthepublicandfinallythePlanners’orientedwheretheemphasisisplacedonco-operationandpl

7、anningdesign.Thisstructureenablesthecustomcreationofteachingmodulesfortaughtcourses,ordistance-learningcoursesasdesignatedbytheskillsoftheparticipants.ThereasonforincludingacommoncorepartisthataddressingolderengineersandplannersmaynotbeatalldifferentintermsofITskillsneede