Exploring University Students’ Perceptions of Metaverse-Based Classroom in Foreign Language Pedagogy Course

• 영문명: Exploring University Students’ Perceptions of Metaverse-Based Classroom in Foreign Language Pedagogy Course
• 발행기관: 한국외국어교육학회
• 저자명: 표경현(Pyo, Kyong-hyon)
• 간행물 정보: 『Foreign Languages Education』Vol.29 No.3, 163~186쪽, 전체 24쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2022.09.30

영문 초록

With the metaverse emerging as the next leap in the evolution of the Internet in the post-pandemic era, a wealth of opportunities are expected to emerge in the educational sector. As a pioneer study, this research project is aimed at exploring pedagogical values of the metaverse-based classroom in a university setting. The three research questions for this study are: 1) What are the levels of students’ overall satisfaction in metaverse-based classrooms? 2) What is the user experience of the metaverse platform? and 3) What are the strengths/weaknesses of the metaverse-based classroom as perceived by the students? Twenty university students took a foreign language pedagogy course on Gather.town in spring of 2022 for 11 weeks. Student questionnaire and focus-group interviews were conducted and data analysis revealed two major findings as follows: Firstly, both students’ overall satisfaction of the metaverse-based classroom and user experience of the metaverse platform were positive, excepting only instability problems caused by poor internet connections. Secondly, more perceived strengths than weaknesses were found of the newly adopted program: ‘a realistic classroom setting’ and ‘easy communication in multiple ways’ were mentioned as strengths while the main weakness was ‘newness.’ Pedagogical implications are discussed for teachers interested in adopting the metaverse platform for their future classrooms.

목차

I. Introduction

II. Theoretical Background

III. Methods

IV. Findings and Discussion

V. Conclusion and Pedagogical Implications

References

키워드

온라인 교육 메타버스 플랫폼 수업 만족도 사용자 경험 online instruction metaverse platform class satisfaction user experience