Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Asadollah Khadivi

Department of Educational َ Administration ,, Farhangian University ,Tehran.Iran.

Abstract

Objective: The current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the applications and challenges of metaverse in education.

Methods: This research was qualitative and its method was a systematic review based on the Prisma protocol. The scope of the current research was scientific and research articles published in domestic and foreign valid journals in Persian from 1398 to 1402 and English from 2020 to 2024 in the field of metaverse and education. The statistical sample was selected using a targeted method and 38 items were selected from among 900 articles and included in the study.

Results: The research findings indicate that distance learning, immersion, collaborative, personalized, reversed, student-centered, experiential, hybrid, mobile, simulated, skill-based, borderless, and question-based are the most common applications. Metaverses are in education. However, metaverses face technical, ethical and social challenges such as the nascent nature of the technology, high cost of equipment, weak support infrastructure, inaccessibility to everyone, violation of privacy, data and network security, lack of guidelines. And there are legal regulations.

Conclusions: By using the results of this research, education policymakers can recreate the curriculum and educational plans in accordance with the characteristics of the Z and Alpha generation learners and in line with the development of technology, and the advancements of metaverse technology, and by formulating the strategic plan of the educational system, they can face the created environment and the necessary platforms in the creation and development of technological infrastructures. provide and manage it in a responsible manner.

Keywords

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• Metaverse"
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• Learning،"
• Higher Education"
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Main Subjects

• epistemology