Let’s Experience Learning in the Metaverse

Abstract

The metaverse and learning experience design (LXD) are shaping the future of learning and teaching in higher education. The metaverse is a virtual extension of the physical world that frees learning from time and space constraints while LXD is a learn-centric approach to design technology-mediated learning. LXD focuses on cognitive and affective engagement of learners with the learning experience; and the metaverse promises the adaptive infrastructure and flexible design space to realize digital learning as a journey of a series of ongoing, intensively personalized, immersive, adaptive, and competency-based experiences. In this paper, we discuss and reflect on how the potentials of metaverse can expand the effectiveness of LXD to address certain aspects of learning experience such as the influence of prior experiences, emotions, motivation, and attention. The metaverse presents unique opportunities to manage these aspects and to offer more attractive environments for learning activities.