Teacher's Opinions on the Use of Metaverse

Nour Saad, Seçkin Gedikbey & Mustafa Bayrakçı

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Original article | International Journal of Trends and Developments in Education 2023, Vol. 3(2) 1-14

Teacher's Opinions on the Use of Metaverse

Nour Saad, Seçkin Gedikbey & Mustafa Bayrakçı

pp. 1 - 14 | Manu. Number: jtade.2023.007

Published online: December 31, 2023 | Number of Views: 5 | Number of Download: 27

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Abstract

This study is aimed to explore the opinions of teachers about the use of Metaverse in an educational evironment. Several questions will be answered regarding the use of metaverse in th classroom by teachers such as their understandig of metaverse and their confidence in utilizing it in the classroom. The study group of the research consists of 11 teachers who are teaching in one of the central secondary schools of SAKARYA province in 2022, determined by the convenience sampling method, which is one of the purposive sampling method. The reason for choosing this study group is that the sample is near the researcher and easy to reach, thus giving speed and practice for the research. In order to prevent the identity of the teachers in the research group from being known, and in accordance with the ethical rules, the teachers were assigned numbers such as Ö1, Ö2, Ö3, Ö4, Ö4, Ö5, Ö6, Ö7, Ö8, Ö9, Ö10, Ö11. A case study, one of the qualitative research methods, was used as the research model. In the study, the analysis of the interview data was made using the content analysis method. It was concluded that the teachers had heard about the concept of metaverse only recently, their self-efficacy in using metaverse varied, and had different applications of metaverse in the learning environment.

Keywords: Metaverse, Virtual Reality, Teachers’ Opinions

How to Cite this Article?

APA 6th edition
Saad, N., Gedikbey, S. & Bayrakci, M. (2023). Teacher's Opinions on the Use of Metaverse . International Journal of Trends and Developments in Education, 3(2), 1-14.

Harvard
Saad, N., Gedikbey, S. and Bayrakci, M. (2023). Teacher's Opinions on the Use of Metaverse . International Journal of Trends and Developments in Education, 3(2), pp. 1-14.

Chicago 16th edition
Saad, Nour, Seckin Gedikbey and Mustafa Bayrakci (2023). "Teacher's Opinions on the Use of Metaverse ". International Journal of Trends and Developments in Education 3 (2):1-14.

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