Within the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, the project involves members of the Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Complex Systems Research Unit (UMMISCO), the Advanced Computational Research On Sustainability Science (ACROSS) International Joint Laboratory, the Institute for Evolutionary Sciences (ISEM), the IRD Capacity Building service and scientific and technological culture mission.
Members of the College of Information and Communication Technology (CICT), the College of Environment and Natural Resources (CENRes), the school of education and the department of international affairs contribute to SIMPLE.
Within NSTDA, the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) and the Academic, Curriculum and Learning Media Development Division contribute to the project's implementation.
CADT leads the development of the Virtual Universe in Cambodia, focusing on the impacts of pesticides on insect biodiversity and sustainable agriculture in the Mekong region.
BeDev Consulting leads the development of the Virtual Universe in Lao PDR, focusing on dengue fever awareness and prevention methods for students and young people.
SIMPLE is a project co-funded by the European Union that aims to explore the value of virtual reality in raising young people’s awareness of the need to build sustainable solutions to environmental challenges.
Within the project, SIMPLE has developed multiple 3D Virtual Universes (VUs), each accompanied by dedicated learning units, which are used to implement experiments based on virtual reality (VR) in schools.
To launch these experiments in classrooms, the project uses the M2L2 (Mobile Metaverse Learning Lab), its own dedicated device to easily deploy the necessary equipment to run VR game sessions smoothly.
A Virtual Universe (VU) is a 3D virtual world where students can explore and interact with scientific concepts. It uses Virtual Reality (VR) to create an immersive experience for students. The SIMPLE team has developed many VUs with different sustainability topics (salt intrusion, biodiversity, dengue fever and insect biodiversity) across four countries: Vietnam, Thailand, Lao PDR and Cambodia. You can explore the scientific message of our VUs here.
A learning unit is a structured plan or framework that describes how a learning experience will take place. It outlines what learners will do, what they will learn, and provides instructions to teachers on how to handle and adjust the activities and tools developed in SIMPLE (such as the VU). Within the SIMPLE project, a learning unit is designed along with the VUs to bring an immersive learning experience to the students.
A VR-based (Virtual Reality) experiment is an immersive learning experience where students explore a Virtual Universe (VU) using VR, guided by a dedicated learning unit. Through interactions, observations, and discussions, students gain a comprehensive understanding of sustainability issues and are encouraged to develop their own solutions.
The M2L2 which stands for Mobile Metaverse Learning Lab is a mobile device gathering all the necessary equipment to run virtual reality game sessions in educational environments. It has been elaborated so people with no technical background, particularly teachers, can drive the experiment.
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Co-funded by the European Union. SIMPLE is led by IRD and implemented by its partners in the Lower Mekong region (CTU, NSTDA, CADT, BeDev) under the EU–ASEAN Green Partnership Programme.
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