Re-shaping Post-COVID-19 Teaching and Learning: A Blueprint of Virtual-Physical Blended Classrooms in the Metaverse Era

Yuyang Wang; Lik Hang Lee; Tristan Braud; Pan Hui

doi:10.1109/ICDCSW56584.2022.00053

Re-shaping Post-COVID-19 Teaching and Learning: A Blueprint of Virtual-Physical Blended Classrooms in the Metaverse Era

Yuyang Wang, Lik Hang Lee, Tristan Braud, Pan Hui

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

32 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries have experienced some form of remote education through video conferencing software platforms. However, these software platforms fail to reduce immersion and replicate the classroom experience. The currently emerging Metaverse addresses many of such limitations by offering blended physical-digital environments. This paper aims to assess how the Metaverse can support and improve e-learning. We first survey the latest applications of blended environments in education and highlight the primary challenges and opportunities. Accordingly, we derive our proposal for a virtual-physical blended classroom configuration that brings students and teachers into a shared educational Metaverse. We focus on the system architecture of the Metaverse classroom to achieve real-time synchronization of a large number of participants and activities across physical (mixed reality classrooms) and virtual (remote VR platform) learning spaces. Our proposal attempts to transform the traditional physical classroom into virtual-physical cyberspace as a new social network of learners and educators connected at an unprecedented scale.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2022 IEEE 42nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, ICDCSW 2022
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	241-247
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665488792
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDCSW56584.2022.00053
Publication status	Published - Jul 2022
Externally published	Yes
Event	42nd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, ICDCSW 2022 - Bologna, Italy Duration: 10 Jul 2022 → 13 Jul 2022

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 2022 IEEE 42nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, ICDCSW 2022

Conference

Conference	42nd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, ICDCSW 2022
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Bologna
Period	10/07/22 → 13/07/22

Keywords

Distance learning
E-learning
Human-computer interaction
Metaverse
VR/AR

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Hardware and Architecture
Information Systems
Information Systems and Management

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10.1109/ICDCSW56584.2022.00053

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Wang, Y., Lee, L. H., Braud, T., & Hui, P. (2022). Re-shaping Post-COVID-19 Teaching and Learning: A Blueprint of Virtual-Physical Blended Classrooms in the Metaverse Era. In Proceedings - 2022 IEEE 42nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, ICDCSW 2022 (pp. 241-247). (Proceedings - 2022 IEEE 42nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, ICDCSW 2022). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDCSW56584.2022.00053

Wang, Yuyang ; Lee, Lik Hang ; Braud, Tristan et al. / Re-shaping Post-COVID-19 Teaching and Learning: A Blueprint of Virtual-Physical Blended Classrooms in the Metaverse Era. Proceedings - 2022 IEEE 42nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, ICDCSW 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. pp. 241-247 (Proceedings - 2022 IEEE 42nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, ICDCSW 2022).

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