Factors Affecting Learners’ Adoption of an Educational Metaverse Platform: An Empirical Study Based on an Extended UTAUT Model

Teng, Zhuoqi; Cai, Yan; Gao, Yu; Zhang, Xiying; Li, Xinlong

doi:10.1155/2022/5479215

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“…In other words, whether the concept of metaverse is understood correctly by educators is determined by descriptive studies such as metaphor analysis or evaluation of educational experiences in the metaverse (Lopez-Belmonte et. al, 2022;Teng et. al, 2022;Tutgun-Ünal, 2022).…”

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“…In the transition from the social media generation to the metaverse generation, it is important to consider the concept of metaverse and how the education system will be transformed in this process, in terms of creating an understandable road map. The transformation of the social media world into a new form integrating with metaverse will drag people into a digital game, and thus the education system will have to be redesigned and transformed in this gamified environment (Rospigliosi, 2022;Teng, 2022;Tarhan & Tutgun-Ünal, 2022).…”

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Metaverse Awareness and Generation to Transform Education

Tutgun-Ünal

Tarhan

2022

International Journal of Academic Research in Education

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With each passing second, the huge information flow of social media has transformed many habits and behaviors of people. The effects of social media have been discussed in the field of education as in every field, and it has been stated in studies that it increases motivation when used in education. Nowadays, with the change of Facebook’s name into “Meta”, discussions of Metaverse as a Web 3.0 technology have started. Understanding the concept of Metaverse, which means Virtual Universe, is important for educators to understand the subject and design new instructional models. In this study, it is aimed to examine the transformation of education with the metaverse awareness and metaverse generation. The literature was scanned with the document analysis technique and the subject was discussed with the titles of “The Concept of Metaverse”, “Metaverse and Education”, “Metaverse Awareness” and “Transformation of Education with the Metaverse Generation”. As a result, in an educational environment without huge campuses or buildings, it is expected that the education of the metaverse generation will take a completely different turn with the haptic clothes that will provide the feeling of touch in the virtual metaverse world. In this direction, it is important that the Metaverse awareness is formed correctly in these days, which are preparing the ground for transformation in education.

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Metaverse Awareness and Generation to Transform Education

Tutgun-Ünal

Tarhan

2022

International Journal of Academic Research in Education

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“…They found that effort expectancy did not significantly influence behavioral intention. However, in a study conducted byTeng et al (2022), which examined the TA B L E 1 5 Path coefficients, total effects, and significance levels.…”

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“…havioral intention positively. Similarly,Chiao et al (2018) also found that social influence positively impacted behavioral intention.According toChiao et al (2018), using technology by peers will influence participants' behavioral intentions Teng et al (2022),. who examined educational metaverse environments for students, showed that social influence impacted usage intention Teng et al (2022).…”

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“…Similarly,Chiao et al (2018) also found that social influence positively impacted behavioral intention.According toChiao et al (2018), using technology by peers will influence participants' behavioral intentions Teng et al (2022),. who examined educational metaverse environments for students, showed that social influence impacted usage intention Teng et al (2022). explain the effect of social influence on usage intention by highlighting the importance of peer recommendations and the influence of users' social circles.…”

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Anatomy in the metaverse: Exploring student technology acceptance through the UTAUT2 model

Kalınkara,

Özdemir

2023

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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The impact of technology on educational domains has been a subject of research for many years. Therefore, understanding how students perceive and utilize technologies for educational purposes is crucial. Especially in a critical subject like anatomy education, it is essential to employ various models to determine students' technology acceptance and usage levels. One of these models is the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology‐2 (UTAUT2). In this study, the acceptance and usage levels of metaverse technology by students in the context of anatomy education in the metaverse environment have been investigated within the framework of the UTAUT2 model. The study was conducted with students from the Department of Midwifery at the Faculty of Health Sciences during the fall semester of the 2022–2023 academic year. After 6 weeks of anatomy education in the metaverse environment, the student's acceptance and usage levels of metaverse technology were assessed using the UTAUT2 scale. The collected data were analyzed using the partial least squares structural equation modeling method. The research has revealed the technology acceptance and usage levels of students who utilized metaverse technology in anatomy education. According to the obtained results, it has been observed that social influence affects behavioral intention, facilitating conditions influence behavioral intention, and habit variable affects behavioral intention, while habit, in turn, influences usage. Other variables explain behavioral intention with a proportion of 75.30%, whereas other variables explain usage behavior with 54.90%. Upon analyzing the responses to the UTAUT2 scale, it has been concluded that there is the highest level of participation in hedonic motivation. In contrast, the habit variable has the lowest participation level. The findings of this study have enabled the identification of the impacts of metaverse technologies on anatomy and health education. These results will likely contribute to improving the utilization of metaverse technologies in anatomy and health education.

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Metaverse and Posthuman Animated Avatars for Teaching-Learning Process: Interperception in Virtual Universe for Educational Transformation

Alam

Mohanty

2022

Communications in Computer and Information Science

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Factors Affecting Learners’ Adoption of an Educational Metaverse Platform: An Empirical Study Based on an Extended UTAUT Model

Cited by 64 publications

References 103 publications

Metaverse Awareness and Generation to Transform Education

Metaverse Awareness and Generation to Transform Education

Anatomy in the metaverse: Exploring student technology acceptance through the UTAUT2 model

Metaverse and Posthuman Animated Avatars for Teaching-Learning Process: Interperception in Virtual Universe for Educational Transformation

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