Since summer 2007, we have been working in a collaboration between the Leeds Met Carnegie Faculty and the Faculty Innovation North in developing a learning game, which allows students to intuitively learn about physiological processes in a playful way. The second prototype of this simulation "Virtual Runner" has now publicly been demonstrated for the first time at the Venturefest 2010 in York on Wednesday, 10.February. At this occasion we received a lot of positive feedback.
We also had the opportunity to present this demonstration to the Leeds Met Governors during their meeting last Friday (12.February 2010), and they were very positive about this project.
During the first development phase, the project had been developed through funding from the HEFCE Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund (TQEF). The first prototype had been developed by Kooji Creative who are a student-owned (former graduates of Leeds Met Innovation North) organisation. The 2nd prototype which was the subject of the latest demonstrations has been developed with help from the Yorkshire Proof of Commercial Concept Fund, matched by funding from the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF). Innovation North graduate Abraham Smith was the key developer of the software of this prototype.
We intend to offer more information at the Virtual Runner website.
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