The post COVID-19 pandemic era: Changes in teaching and learning methods for management educators

The International Journal of Management Education, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 21(2), С. 100777 - 100777

Опубликована: Фев. 9, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Travelling the Metaverse: Potential Benefits and Main Challenges for Tourism Sectors and Research Applications

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(4), С. 3348 - 3348

Опубликована: Фев. 11, 2023

The paper focuses on analysing the potential benefits and challenges of Metaverse, particularly in field research tourism food wine sectors. Metaverse is part new generation internet known as web 3.0, which also includes AI, blockchain other digital innovations. marketing sectors are main fields where companies experimenting with solutions to offer people a fully functioning immersive experience. This aims highlight impact well activities. Open concern social acceptance, affordability, environmental sustainability these technologies. Research needed Metaverse’s ability reduce bias accurately simulate real experiences, tourists’ perceptions, attitudes, willingness pay for mediated experiences. Another important issue management sensitive data that will travel through Metaverse. Looking forward, has become valuable tool advancing virtual collaboration interdisciplinary projects.

Язык: Английский

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Mapping Metaverse Research: Identifying Future Research Areas Based on Bibliometric and Topic Modeling Techniques

Information, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 14(7), С. 356 - 356

Опубликована: Июнь 22, 2023

The metaverse represents an immersive digital environment that has garnered significant attention as a result of its potential to revolutionize various industry sectors and profound societal impact. While academic interest in the surged, dearth comprehensive review articles employing bibliometric techniques remains. This study seeks address this gap by analyzing 595 metaverse-related journal using topic modeling techniques, marking first kind investigate profile research. findings reveal exponential growth research since 2020, identifying major trends, prolific authors, most active journals field. A keyword co-occurrence analysis further uncovers four clusters interests, highlighting unique facets underscoring far-reaching implications across sectors, including education, healthcare, retail, tourism. emphasizes need for more collaboration advancing field presents 27 questions future investigation. serves foundation understanding current state trajectory.

Язык: Английский

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Investigating Users’ Acceptance of the Metaverse with an Extended Technology Acceptance Model

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 40(19), С. 5810 - 5826

Опубликована: Авг. 6, 2023

AbstractThe Metaverse, characterized as an interactive and immersive 3D virtual world, is widely recognized for its considerable potential across a range of industries. However, the long-term viability success Metaverse are contingent upon extent to which users accept adopt it. Despite this critical aspect, there scarcity research that investigates factors influencing user acceptance Metaverse. To address gap, present study expands technology model by integrating social psychological constructs such interaction, presence, conformity, emotional attachment, flow, perceived enjoyment. The data were obtained through online survey. A total 418 responses collected from users, with response rate 84%. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used analyze survey data. Results showed that: (1) ease use (β = 0.214, p < 0,001), attachment 0.375 enjoyment 0.194, 0,001) could have positive effect on usefulness; (2) 0.142, 0.018), 0.179, 0.008), presence 0.183, 0.008) use; (3) usefulness 0.432, 0.106, 0.011), 0.209, interaction attitudes toward using Metaverse; (4) 0.174, 0.001), 0.35, flow 0.128, 0.015) positively influence users' intention not significantly 0.078, 0.141). These results offer important implications developers practitioners looking design promote utilization Metaverse.Keywords: Metaversetechnology acceptancesocial interactionsocial presenceflowperceived enjoymentemotional attachmentconformity AcknowledgmentsWe would like extend our gratitude anonymous reviewers funding.Informed consentAll participants voluntarily signed consent form before answering questionnaire.Disclosure statementWe no conflicts interest declare relevant content article.Data availability statementThe support findings available request corresponding author. publicly due privacy or ethical restrictions.Additional informationFundingThis work supported Key Research Application Project Laboratory Technologies Localization Language Services State Administration Press Publication, "Research Intelligent Education Technology 'Belt Road Initiative" (Project Number: CSLS 20230012), Special fund Beijing Co-construction Project-Research reform "Undergraduate Teaching Reform Innovation Project" higher education in 2020-innovative "multilingual +" excellent talent training system (202010032003), Culture University Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Cultivation Program Funding Project, Fundamental Funds Central Universities, [23YCX004].Notes contributorsRong WuRong Wu doctoral student at Department English Studies, Faculty Foreign University. She has already participated six scientific projects published over ten academic papers. Her includes educational technologies, language acquisition, translation.Zhonggen YuZhonggen Yu, Professor University, Fellow Academy International Services, Director Center Research, National Base Service Export, 150 He focuses technologies.

Язык: Английский

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Metaverse applications in education: a systematic review and a cost-benefit analysis

Interactive Technology and Smart Education, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 21(2), С. 245 - 269

Опубликована: Июнь 9, 2023

Purpose Many educators are increasingly acquainting themselves and becoming adept with interactive technologies like augmented reality virtual reality. Some of them also looking forward to using Metaverse applications, as they want benefit from its immersive three-dimensional capabilities. Therefore, the purpose this study is critically review extant literature investigate how, why, where when can be used for educational purposes. This discusses opportunities, challenges risks related disruptive technology. Design/methodology/approach A Preferred Reporting Items Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses rigorous protocol search, extract, scrutinize synthesize content high-impact articles focused on use technology in realms education. Afterwards, theorizes costs benefits students. Findings number researchers already experimenting that very similar Metaverse, different contexts. research indicates most students lured by multi-sensory environments well applications could simulate real-life situations provide engaging experiences representations people, places objects. On other hand, reveals ought consider potential pitfalls including privacy breaches security risks, possible addictions development mental health issues, among others. Practical implications Students catapult a simulated digital universe reconfigure their sensory inputs, definitions space, time points access information. calls regulatory instruments, sound principles, guidelines procedures intended safeguard protect users. Originality/value contribution implies there scope continue developing Metaverse’s spaces improve students’ motivations, aptitudes learning outcomes. clarifies education create infinite possibilities enhance knowledge, competences abilities through applications. Yet paper raises awareness about short term associated prolonged captivating

Язык: Английский

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Conceptions of the metaverse in higher education: A draw-a-picture analysis and surveys to investigate the perceptions of students with different motivation levels

Computers & Education, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 203, С. 104868 - 104868

Опубликована: Июль 4, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Beyond Reality: Examining the Opportunities and Challenges of Cross-Border Integration between Metaverse and Hospitality Industries

Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 32(7), С. 967 - 980

Опубликована: Июнь 6, 2023

The study explores the opportunities and challenges that cross-border integration of "Metaverse + hotel" brings to visitors hospitality industry. analyses engagement differences between Metaverse hotels traditional online/offline strategies regarding immersion, community interaction, personalization, environmental perception, participation. hotel impact realistic simulation, personalized service, customer engagement, consumer follow-up feedback. Further, it industry enhancing organizational performance, co-creating value for stakeholders, influencing relationship management, changing how managers communicate. Finally, technology raises security issues, technical barriers, high costs, uncertain user needs.

Язык: Английский

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Elevating students’ lives through immersive learning experiences in a safe metaverse

International Journal of Information Management, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 75, С. 102723 - 102723

Опубликована: Ноя. 2, 2023

Язык: Английский

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A facial expression and expert recommendation fuzzy decision-making approach for sustainable business investments within the metaverse world

Applied Soft Computing, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 148, С. 110849 - 110849

Опубликована: Сен. 14, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Metaverse office: exploring future teleworking model

Kybernetes, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2023

Purpose This study aims to explore the application scenarios of metaverse offices in organizations, including immersive work experiences, weak social networks and virtual meetings. Based on exploration this scenario, discusses four levels organizational change that will be brought about by future office, such as inter-enterprise ecological collaboration model, distributed autonomous organization, flexible leadership individual belongingness. The office has some special advantages over traditional models, but still raises issues, privacy, security, addiction, equity usability. These issues brake widespread adoption technologies. recommends researchers take these into account research development. Design/methodology/approach surveys relevant literature means a review order analyze how technology can applied teleworking. Two databases Web Science ( https://www.webofscience.com/ ) Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com were selected for study. Keywords “teleworking metaverse” used, 18 publications found After excluding duplicates, less older literature, only 14 articles could used references future. Findings It presents experience, networking Social implications pandemic triggers desire contactless working. three main applications also have practical value which been proven high-tech companies. is foreseeable an efficient, electronic personalized model enthusiastically adopted society. Metaverse gradually step people's view Originality/value concept rarely touched upon theoretical research, although becoming known. Even its teleworking recently reached organizations.

Язык: Английский

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