New approach to design and assess metaverse environments for improving learning processes in higher education: the case of architectural construction and rehabilitation
This research paper has defined and applied a new approach to develop and optimize augmented reality-based metaverse environments for learning construction and rehabilitation in architectural studies. This research paper is part of a broader project that aims to improve the learning process of archi...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repository: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/388191 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/388191 https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13051340 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Teaching . Methodology Technological innovations Augmented reality Architecture - Teaching Metaverses for learning Digital transformation Architecture education Teaching innovation Ensenyament--Metodologia Innovacions tecnològiques Realitat augmentada Arquitectura - Ensenyament Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Metodologies docents Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura |
| Summary: | This research paper has defined and applied a new approach to develop and optimize augmented reality-based metaverse environments for learning construction and rehabilitation in architectural studies. This research paper is part of a broader project that aims to improve the learning process of architectural students by approaching construction and rehabilitation realities to the classroom in a feasible and pedagogical way. The approach has been applied successfully to develop a new environment with augmented reality that allows teachers to carry out activities using com puters, tablets, cellphones and smartphone headsets in classrooms. Students’ satisfaction regarding the new environment is high, though there is room for improvement. The assessment of this new environment has involved both questionnaires and a multicriteria decision-making method which have holistically evaluated the new proposal by achieving complementary results. The main advantages of this new environment are in terms of application and inclusion, while its weaknesses will be solved in future steps that will introduce both mixed reality, to enlarge students’ perception and comprehension, as well as neuroeducation, to diminish students’ potential annoyances and dissatisfaction. |
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