A Student-Dominant View of the Readiness to Use Metaverse in Education The TRI-F Framework

Authors

Malcolm Garbutt, University of the Western CapeFollow
Ilhaam Ismail, University of the Western CapeFollow
Raeez M. Adams, University of the Western CapeFollow
Calvineo Juries, University of the Western CapeFollow

Abstract

This paper reports on students’ readiness to use Metaverse for Education in a university in a developing country facing infrastructure and poverty challenges. COVID-19 forced many universities to adopt a hybrid approach to teaching and supervision. While online meeting technologies have become commonplace, there is a lack of connectedness in face-to-face meetings, for which Metaverse is promoted as a solution. We pose the question of students' level of readiness to use Metaverse technologies. Thematic analysis of students’ self-reflections on their experience of supervision in a 2D virtual world revealed the usefulness of the technology readiness index model, from which an extension to the model is proposed to include facilitators for the application of the technology that may mediate the motivators and inhibitors when assessing readiness to use Metaverse in education settings.

Recommended Citation

Garbutt, Malcolm; Ismail, Ilhaam; Adams, Raeez M.; and Juries, Calvineo, "A Student-Dominant View of the Readiness to Use Metaverse in Education The TRI-F Framework" (2024). CONF-IRM 2024 Proceedings. 19.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/confirm2024/19