Metaverse in Education: Insights from South Korea and Potentials for Malaysia
Najihah Binti Nasir, Jiyong Moon, Seong Baeg Kim · 2023
Metaverse, a cutting-edge technology offering immersive and engaging educational experiences, is revolutionizing learning by enabling real-world users to interact and collaborate with others in a virtual space. South Korea is one of leading countries in this field, with extensive research and application at various levels of education and across disciplines. Beyond enhancing teaching and learning, the metaverse also supports non-academic educational experiences. In Malaysia, various educational technology been employed in response to limitation of conducting face-to-face class during Covid-19 era. However, metaverse remains underutilized and under-discussed within the Malaysian school educational context. Consequently, this study aims to inform potential metaverse usage for Malaysia school education by specifically investigates the application of metaverse technology in South Korea education and reviewing existing research of metaverse education in Malaysia. As a result, we propose potential utilization and challenges of metaverse in Malaysia's school educational environment. The findings of this article are expected to pave the way for more promising metaverse research within the Malaysian education system.