The rapid development of technology around the world and the metaverse, which is promoted as an enhanced digital world of freedom, is expected to have positive and negative effects on humanity in many ways. These effects are disseminated and augmented by a multitude of digital platforms today. With digital perception management to a certain extent, users are manipulated and guided through their urges motivated by pleasure-seeking, while this new digital order makes it difficult for people to adapt to life spiritually or self-actualize. The metaverse, as the new reality we are facing today, will completely change the order of priority in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and the fact that people quickly jump on this bandwagon unaware of being manipulated by their desires is sure to have many serious consequences in the near future. Therefore, raising awareness to understand the imminent risks is crucial before rushing into this new digital paradise. This awareness can be raised with the light shed by philosophers in line with their predictions and ideas on human creation. Thus, the issues analyzed in this article offer a roadmap towards understanding the subjective cognitive processes underlying the mainstream attitudes and perspectives to the metaverse.

Comparación del uso de Internet entre docentes de idiomas en formación y docentes de otras áreas: educación a distancia frente a presencial Mehmet Firat1* Harun Serpil2 Los maestros juegan un papel crucial para facilitar que las personas adquieran competencias adecuadas para el uso de Internet. Esto requiere que los maestros mismos sean diestros en dichas competencias. El propósito de este estudio es investigar el uso de Internet, a distancia y dentro del campus, de los futuros profesores. Un total de 789 docentes en formación participaron en este estudio-encuesta. Los resultados muestran que los docentes, tanto dentro del campus como en los programas de aprendizaje a distancia, tienen un nivel medio en lo que respecta al uso de Internet. Los docentes más jóvenes y los mayores utilizan Internet con más frecuencia. Se ha encontrado que la suficiencia y la apropiación de la tecnología, así como la frecuencia de uso de Internet por parte de los futuros profesores de idiomas, son moderadas en comparación con docentes en formación de otras áreas.Palabras clave: educación abierta y a distancia, Internet en la educación, profesores de idiomas en formación. *

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This mixed method study aims to examine the relationship between big-five personality traits and workplace spirituality from a managerial perspective by analyzing its potential effects on management. In the quantitative step, the cross-sectional survey was employed as the data collection, and the data were obtained from a sampling group through the simple random sampling. Further, the qualitative part of the study was designed as a purposive sampling technique. The quantitative research data were obtained from 238 participants working in a public university in Turkey. The qualitative data were obtained by interviewing a group of 14 people from the same sample of participants working as administrators at the same university. The qualitative data of the study were analyzed by content analysis. The findings indicate that the harmony between the perception of personality structures and workplace spirituality has an important function in the adoption of workplace values by the employees.