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Sustainability and Metaverse in Education and Training: Barriers, Opportunities and Environmental Impact

Authors:
Alessandro Dell'Orto
Cinzia Mezzetti
Daniela Pellegrini

Keywords: metaverse; instructional design; sustainability

Abstract:
The proliferation of training experiences and experiments with the metaverse testifies the desire to test new instructional models to increase participant engagement, but also foster situated learning experiences to increase training effectiveness and learning outcomes. However, the creation of training paths in the metaverse is supported by an experimental approach, but also accompanied by curiosity and expectations, as well as by emerging questions about how to combine the opportunities of a new training technology with its adoption problems. In the definitions and experiences, it seems to be a lack of a real educational vision for correctly using this opportunity. In this paper, which is an initial approach to the problem of choosing a new technology, we want to examine the impact both in terms of training and on the environmental dimension, which is a generally underestimated topic in edtech (educational technology) choices.

Pages: 5 to 8

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2023

Publication date: April 24, 2023

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4367

ISBN: 978-1-68558-081-0

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 24, 2023 to April 28, 2023