Educational Metaverse

Education is a process that has been key to social and technological development through the acquisition of ideas, skills, and knowledge. For this reason, innovations in this field are essential to improve and share this knowledge and experience of people. In this context, digitization has been a major breakthrough, providing flexibility and global access never seen before in education. However, one of the limitations of digital educational platforms is the immersive interaction between the students and the teacher, which is key in training and the generation of crucial experiences in the learning process. For this reason, the authors have developed a virtualized environment called metaverse where humans can see each other and share experiences and knowledge in a completely virtual environment. This novel platform has been tested on engineering students who have performed an internship in both the virtual and the real world in order to compare them. The perception of the students has been collected through a survey where very promising results have been obtained to improve the educational metaverse as a space for academic and human growth.