The Metaverse in University Education during COVID-19: A Systematic Review of Success Factors

Chamorro-Atalaya, Omar; Durán-Herrera, Víctor; Suarez-Bazalar, Raul; Gonzáles -Pacheco, Anthony; Quipuscoa-Silvestre, Manuel; Hernández-Hernández, Fredy; Huaman-Flores, Elio; Chaccara-Contreras, Vidalina; Palacios-Huaraca, Carlos; Guía-Altamirano, Teresa

doi:10.26803/ijlter.22.5.10

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“…Role of Extended Reality Technologies in Higher Education in the Post-Pandemic Era Extended Reality (XR) refers to a group of immersive technologies (virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality) that create electronic and digital scenarios where various types of data are represented and displayed [5]. XR has experienced remarkable progress in recent years, especially in the educational sector, promoted by ERE [6]. This type of technology gives students the possibility to live innovative and personalized pedagogical experiences [7].…”

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Metaversity: Beyond Emerging Educational Technology

Laurens-Arredondo,

Laurens

2023

Sustainability

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The pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus forced the virtualization of educational processes worldwide, which has generated a series of challenges in terms of teaching quality due to the improvisation of its implementation. However, the emergence of the metaverse as a new social scenario has opened new opportunities to overcome the problems inherited by education during this pandemic. The main objective is to explore the use of the metaverse in universities through the new concept of the metaversity. A methodology based on the socio-critical paradigm was applied. The theoretical bases around the metaverse are presented, and it is linked to the current university educational ecosystem through the metaversity. The main characteristics and scope of the metaversity are identified as well as the gaps present for the creation of the new learning ecosystem based on virtuality. The incipient character of the implementation of the metaversity was evidenced, as well as its main potentialities. The virtualization of all processes associated with higher education, caused by pandemic education, makes the implementation of the metaversity feasible, and it should therefore be part of the future research agenda.

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Metaversity: Beyond Emerging Educational Technology

Laurens-Arredondo,

Laurens

2023

Sustainability

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Metaverse in Higher Education – A Systematic Literature Review

Woick,

Rinn,

Grogorick

et al. 2024

Resilience Through Digital Innovation: Enabling the Twin Transition

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions, the need for a rapid conversion of teaching to digital formats has increased significantly. Not all teaching formats and content are suitable for traditional video conferencing, so the Metaverse, an interconnection of virtual worlds, has experienced a significant upswing in the education sector. Therefore, we conduct a systematic literature review to determine the current state of research on the Metaverse in higher education and to identify its definitions, benefits and challenges, types, and technologies. The initially found 5,539 papers were systematically filtered to 92 fully coded articles. Our findings reveal a lack of standardized definitions, early-stage prototyping, a lack of prescriptive design knowledge, and a lack of pedagogical and methodological concepts and blueprints. These findings reveal significant research gaps and lead to the derivation of future research streams.

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The Second Life Metaverse and Its Usefulness in Medical Education After a Quarter of a Century

Sendra-Portero,

Lorenzo-Álvarez,

Rudolphi-Solero

et al. 2024

J Med Internet Res

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The immersive virtual world platform Second Life (SL) was conceived 25 years ago, when Philip Rosedale founded Linden Lab in 1999 with the intention of developing computing hardware that would allow people to immerse themselves in a virtual world. This initial effort was transformed 4 years later into SL, a universally accessible virtual world centered on the user, with commercial transactions and even its own virtual currency, which fully connects with the concept of the metaverse, recently repopularized after the statements of the chief executive officer of Meta (formerly Facebook) in October 2021. SL is considered the best known virtual environment among higher education professionals. This paper aimed to review medical education in the SL metaverse; its evolution; and its possibilities, limitations, and future perspectives, focusing especially on medical education experiences during undergraduate, residency, and continuing medical education. The concept of the metaverse and virtual worlds was described, making special reference to SL and its conceptual philosophy, historical evolution, and technical aspects and capabilities for higher education. A narrative review of the existing literature was performed, including at the same time a point of view from our teaching team after an uninterrupted practical experience of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in the last 13 years with >4000 users and >10 publications on the subject. From an educational point of view, SL has the advantages of being available 24/7 and creating in the student the important feeling of “being there” and of copresence. This, together with the reproduction of the 3D world, real-time interaction, and the quality of voice communication, makes the immersive experiences unique, generating engagement and a fluid interrelation of students with each other and with their teachers. Various groups of researchers in medical education have developed experiences during these years, which have shown that courses, seminars, workshops and conferences, problem-based learning experiences, evaluations, teamwork, gamification, medical simulation, and virtual objective structured clinical examinations can be successfully carried out. Acceptance from students and faculty is generally positive, recognizing its usefulness for undergraduate medical education and continuing medical education. In the 25 years since its conception, SL has proven to be a virtual platform that connects with the concept of the metaverse, an interconnected, open, and globally accessible system that all humans can access to socialize or share products for free or using a virtual currency. SL remains active and technologically improved since its creation. It is necessary to continue carrying out educational experiences, outlining the organization, objectives, and content and measuring the actual educational impact to make SL a tool of more universal use.

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The Metaverse in University Education during COVID-19: A Systematic Review of Success Factors

Cited by 5 publications

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Metaversity: Beyond Emerging Educational Technology

Metaversity: Beyond Emerging Educational Technology

Metaverse in Higher Education – A Systematic Literature Review

The Second Life Metaverse and Its Usefulness in Medical Education After a Quarter of a Century

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