A metaworld: Implications, opportunities and risks of the metaverse

Felice, Fabio De; Rehman, M. Abdul; Petrillo, Antonella; Baffo, Ilaria

doi:10.1049/cim2.12079

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“…Within the broader framework of the Metaverse, virtual worlds play a pivotal role in reshaping educational experiences [18,62,63]. These worlds (or metaworlds [79]) provide a simulated environment where learners can engage in a variety of activities, from attending virtual classes to participating in interactive simulations that mirror real-world scenarios. They offer a unique blend of realism and creativity, enabling educators to create learning experiences that are otherwise impossible or impractical in the physical world.…”

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Virtual Worlds for Learning in Metaverse: A Narrative Review

Damaševičius,

Sidekerskienė

2024

Sustainability

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As digital technologies continue to evolve, they offer unprecedented opportunities to transform traditional educational paradigms. Virtual worlds offer a dynamic and immersive platform for fostering sustainability education, bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application. In these interactive environments, students can engage with complex ecological systems and sustainability challenges in a risk-free setting, allowing for experimentation and exploration that would be impractical or impossible in the real world. This study aims to investigate the application of various types of virtual worlds in educational settings, examine their characteristics and potential, and explore how they foster critical 21st-century skills like critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration. This paper comprehensively explores various types of virtual worlds—Adventure World, Simulation World, Creative World, Role-Playing World, and Collaborative World—assessing their impact on educational processes and outcomes. Adventure Worlds, with narrative-driven quests, engage students in exploratory learning within a story context. Simulation Worlds replicate real-world environments, allowing students to practice and hone practical skills in a risk-free setting. Creative Worlds provide open-ended, sandbox-like environments where innovation and imagination are paramount. Role-Playing Worlds facilitate empathy and perspective-taking through character-driven scenarios, while Collaborative Worlds emphasize teamwork and problem-solving in group projects. The narrative review methodology was adopted for the comprehensive analysis and synthesis of the literature to assess the impact and integration of virtual worlds in education, focusing on identifying trends, challenges, and opportunities within this domain. The evaluation methodology used in this study incorporates a mix of the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ), Concept-Knowledge (C-K) theory, Structure-behavior-function (SBF) modeling, the Framework for 21st Century Learning (P21), and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to evaluate the characteristics and educational potential of different virtual world types. Findings indicate that virtual worlds effectively support critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration skills, presenting a comprehensive analysis of how these environments can support, supplement, or transform traditional educational models. The main outcome of the study is the comprehensive exploration of various types of virtual worlds—Adventure World, Simulation World, Creative World, Role-Playing World, and Collaborative World—in education, demonstrating their significant potential to enhance learning experiences and outcomes through immersive, interactive environments that foster critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration skills.

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Virtual Worlds for Learning in Metaverse: A Narrative Review

Damaševičius,

Sidekerskienė

2024

Sustainability

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“…2 can play an important and significant role in helping to overcome cognitive biases and supporting talent development. In fact, we can think of the Metaverse as an immersive internet that allows us to be "inside" the contents rather than simply viewing those [10].…”

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Talenticity (Talent, Creativity) in the Era of Metaintelligence

2024

EOIJ

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Today the consensus is almost general and indisputable: talent is a determining factor in the success of individuals and organizations around the world. More or less everyone is looking for talent in others and wants to demonstrate their own. We all want to work with talented people. It's a great way to develop our talent too. Discovering and enhancing a latent talent and making it grow ultimately represents one of the most rewarding and significant challenges of the educational mission as well as the mission that any society should have. For years we have been trying to answer the question of whether “talent is innate or developed through experience and the environment". The question we ask ourselves today is: Can learning in "personalized” environments, through artificial intelligence algorithms, foster creative thinking and the development of talents?

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“…The concept of "alone together" proposed by her accurately describes the phenomenon of group loneliness that is prevalent in modern society. This phenomenon refers to the fact that despite being in a crowd, we often feel lonely and at the same time afraid of being bound by intimate relationships [1] .…”

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Return to Reality: Speculative Design of Interaction Ritual Chains and Exploration of Alone Together

2024

JCER

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A metaworld: Implications, opportunities and risks of the metaverse

Cited by 6 publications

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Virtual Worlds for Learning in Metaverse: A Narrative Review

Virtual Worlds for Learning in Metaverse: A Narrative Review

Talenticity (Talent, Creativity) in the Era of Metaintelligence

Return to Reality: Speculative Design of Interaction Ritual Chains and Exploration of Alone Together

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