Application of Metaverse in Learners’ Engagement

In view of the evolving application of metaverse in the field of education, the study aims to evaluate the efficacy of metaverse in influencing learners’ engagement. Technology Acceptance Model is used as a theoretical framework in this study consisting perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness as the exogeneous variables and intention to use is engaged as antecedent influencing the endogenous variable, learner’s engagement. Primary data was collected using a questionnaire and the same is analysed using the Smart (PLS) method. The study reveals that PEOU and PU is a significant indicator of learners’ intention in predicting the learner’s engagement provided it is effortless and hassle-free. The study provides valuable insights to the online educational stakeholders to understand, design, structure and device immersive virtual reality models for blended learning. The metaverse in education is in the nascent stage and the study can further be extended to understand the learner’s behaviour in immersive virtual environment by observation and analysis. By adding several antecedents in the research framework, the model can be developed to investigate the edifying administrators, educators’ attitude towards employing the metaverse for educational purposes.