Opinions and expectations of instructors on metaverse applications in higher education

Abstract

Nowadays, technology is constantly evolving. The use of developing technologies in daily life brings transformation. One of the areas where transformation is inevitable is education. Developing technologies cause the emergence of new applications and paradigms in education. One of these applications is Metaverse, which have increased in popularity in recently. Interest in Metaverse is increasing day by day at higher education. In addition to the benefits that Metaverse provide to the education, it also has some negative effects. In order to benefit from the benefits provided by metaverse at the highest and to minimise the negativities that will arise with the application, multifaceted studies on metaverse should be carried out. In this study, it is aimed to determine the opinions and expectations of the instructors about metaverse in higher education. The research was designed with phenomenology. In this study, a semi-structured interview form was used to determine the opinions of instructors. 23 instructors who work at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University participated in the study. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the instructors think that education and management processes in higher education will change with metaverse. The studies can be conducted to determine students' opinion on metaverse.

Keywords

• Metaverse
• higher education
• instructor

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