ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Virtual Real.
Sec. Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frvir.2025.1521334
This article is part of the Research TopicA Metaverse for the Good: Design, Application and UnderstandingView all 22 articles
Current Possibilities and Challenges of Using Metaverse-like Environments and Technologies for Educational Purposes
Provisionally accepted
- 1Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary
- 2Goethe Institute, Münich, Germany
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This paper presents the findings of a stakeholder mapping exercise focused on higher education professionals and their approaches to metaverse-like environments and technologies. The study aims to understand the current perceptions of metaverse-related technologies and how educational institutions can facilitate student engagement with virtual worlds to acquire new knowledge and skills. Through an analysis of 20 in-depth interviews with higher education professionals, the paper aims to help add further details both about the possibilities and the barriers related to their understanding of the 'metaverse' and explores its potential to introduce innovative educational methods, particularly in the context of experiential learning.
Keywords: Metaverse1, Education2, professionals3, assessment4, Innovation5
Received: 01 Nov 2024; Accepted: 21 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Bakk, Bényei, Ballack and Parente. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Ágnes Karolina Bakk, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary
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