Metaverse and its possibilities in educational environments

Resumo

This article was prepared through a descriptive study that began with a bibliographic study on the importance and possibilities of the Metaverse in organizations and educational environments. The Metaverse has been one of the most talked about and discussed topics of the moment. This is because it presents itself as a collaborative and shared learning environment and because it is among the main educational trends of 2022, surpassing the technological sphere. It also gained a lot of attention in the news in 2021, when Mark Zuckerberg announced the change of the Facebook brand to Meta, also announcing that the company would invest in virtual reality. Despite all the notoriety surrounding the theme, the idea of Metaverse has been discussed for a long time. In this work, the focus of the study was to present the numerous possibilities of the Metaverse within the educational context, approaching something that goes beyond thinking about only online classes, considering that this technology reduces the border between what the student needs to know and the way how he will effectively learn about a certain subject. Thus, the bibliographic research of this article was developed from material already prepared, consisting mainly of scientific articles and documentary research carried out through blogs, videos and websites on the topic addressed.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2023.008-022