Is Metaverse in education a blessing or a curse: a combined content and bibliometric analysis

Abstract

The Metaverse has been the centre of attraction for educationists for quite some time. This field got renewed interest with the announcement of social media giant Facebook as it rebranding and positioning it as Meta. While several studies conducted literature reviews to summarize the findings related to the Metaverse in general, no study to the best of our knowledge focused on systematically summarizing the finding related to the Metaverse in education. To cover this gap, this study conducts a systematic literature review of the Metaverse in education. It then applies both content and bibliometric analysis to reveal the research trends, focus, and limitations of this research topic. The obtained findings reveal the research gap in lifelogging applications in educational Metaverse. The findings also show that the design of Metaverse in education has evolved over generations, where generation Z is more targeted with artificial intelligence technologies compared to generation X or Y. In terms of learning scenarios, there have been very few studies focusing on mobile learning, hybrid learning, and micro learning. Additionally, no study focused on using the Metaverse in education for students with disabilities. The findings of this study provide a roadmap of future research directions to be taken into consideration and investigated to enhance the adoption of the Metaverse in education worldwide, as well as to enhance the learning and teaching experiences in the Metaverse.

The metaverse in education: Definition, framework, features, potential applications, challenges, and future research topics

“…The technical leaps of high-speed communication, computing, AI, and virtual technologies have offered great possibilities for developing the metaverse (Park and Kim, 2022;Thomason, 2022). As Gartner (2022) predicted, nearly 30% of people will spend 2 h a day in the metaverse for work, entertainment, education, and socialization by 2027. In terms of education, the presence of the metaverse is a brand new concept compared to existing educational technologies.…”

Akademisi Dalam Pemanfaatan Metaverse

“…Dalam pendidikan, Metaverse juga bukan konsep baru karena beberapa peneliti dan pendidik telah membahas implikasinya untuk pembelajaran (Tlili, A., Huang, R., Shehata, B. et al, 2022). Sebuah studi oleh Kemp dan Livingstone pada (2006) membahas bagaimana menggabungkan Metaverse melalui penggunaan dunia virtual yang disebut Second Life dengan sistem manajemen pembelajaran untuk meningkatkan proses pembelajaran (Kemp & Livingstone, 2006).…”

“…Peserta didik di Metaverse dapat berinteraksi dengan guru dan berkomunikasi dengan teman sekelas melalui avatar mereka. Hal ini dapat menciptakan kesempatan belajar yang mendalam yang meningkatkan motivasi belajar peserta didik (Tlili, A., Huang, R., Shehata, B. et al, 2022). Dengan menggunakan avatar peserta didik dapat mengekspresikan diri tanpa ragu dan malu.…”

Jejaring Teknologi Metaverse

“…etaverse adalah istilah yang akhir-akhir ini menjadi topik hangat yang diperbincangkan oleh para pakar dari berbagai bidang, termasuk dalam bidang pendidikan. Secara umum, metaverse mengkombinasikan dunia fisik dan dunia maya, dimana metaverse merupakan kelanjutan dari dunia fisik di dunia virtual untuk membentuk ekosistem yang menggabungkan kedua dunia tersebut (Tlili et al, 2022). Pembelajaran online merupakan contoh nyata penerapan metaverse dalam pendidikan.…”