Understanding HCI Approaches for the Metaverse in Education Applications for the Global South

Anmol  Srivastava; Torkil Clemmensen; Pradeep Yammiyamar; Pankaj Badoni

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-42293-5_93

Understanding HCI Approaches for the Metaverse in Education Applications for the Global South

Anmol Srivastava^*, Torkil Clemmensen, Pradeep Yammiyamar, Pankaj Badoni

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Department of Digitalization

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The recent adoption of the Metaverse in various sectors indicates its potential for digital transformation. Technologies like XR, where X = Augmented/ Virtual/ Mixed Reality, will be its key enablers and can be powerful tools for developing nations’ digital educational transformation. These developing nations are often categorized under the Global South. This workshop presents a first step toward the socio-technical Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) aspects of the Metaverse to understand its impact on education in the Global South. The socio-technical approach helps cover human, social, and organizational factors, leading to more acceptable systems for end users and stakeholders. With the Metaverse, students, and teachers can log in via different immersive devices and experience different virtual environments fabricated to their individual needs, learning, and teaching styles. It will open up possibilities to explore new situations and access facilities that might be impossible due to physical world constraints. Two key concepts will be covered – (i) A socio-technical HCI approach to the Metaverse and (ii) an Interaction Design perspective on Avatar representation and understanding of human work in the Metaverse. This workshop will initiate dialogs on questions: (a) What are the socio-technical issues of the Metaverse for education in the global south? (b) Are there any cross-cultural usability and interaction design concerns regarding digital avatar representation? (c) What considerations will be required for educational Metaverse human-work interaction design?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023 : 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, August 28 – September 1, 2023, Proceedings, Part IV
Editors	José Abdelnour Nocera, Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir, Helen Petrie, Antonio Piccinno, Marco Winckler
Number of pages	5
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2023
Pages	680–684
ISBN (Print)	9783031422928
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031422935
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42293-5_93
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	The 9th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. INTERACT 2003 - Zürich, Switzerland Duration: 1 Sept 2003 → 5 Sept 2003 Conference number: 9

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Conference	The 9th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. INTERACT 2003
Number	9
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Zürich
Period	01/09/2003 → 05/09/2003

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	14145
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

Metaverse
Education
Global South

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Srivastava, A., Clemmensen, T., Yammiyamar, P., & Badoni, P. (2023). Understanding HCI Approaches for the Metaverse in Education Applications for the Global South. In J. A. Nocera, M. K. Lárusdóttir, H. Petrie, A. Piccinno, & M. Winckler (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023: 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, August 28 – September 1, 2023, Proceedings, Part IV (pp. 680–684). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42293-5_93

Srivastava, Anmol ; Clemmensen, Torkil ; Yammiyamar, Pradeep et al. / Understanding HCI Approaches for the Metaverse in Education Applications for the Global South. Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023: 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, August 28 – September 1, 2023, Proceedings, Part IV. editor / José Abdelnour Nocera ; Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir ; Helen Petrie ; Antonio Piccinno ; Marco Winckler. Cham : Springer, 2023. pp. 680–684 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 14145).

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Srivastava, A, Clemmensen, T, Yammiyamar, P & Badoni, P 2023, Understanding HCI Approaches for the Metaverse in Education Applications for the Global South. in JA Nocera, MK Lárusdóttir, H Petrie, A Piccinno & M Winckler (eds), Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023: 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, August 28 – September 1, 2023, Proceedings, Part IV. Springer, Cham, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 14145, pp. 680–684, The 9th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. INTERACT 2003, Zürich, Switzerland, 01/09/2003. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42293-5_93

Understanding HCI Approaches for the Metaverse in Education Applications for the Global South. / Srivastava, Anmol ; Clemmensen, Torkil; Yammiyamar, Pradeep et al.
Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023: 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, August 28 – September 1, 2023, Proceedings, Part IV. ed. / José Abdelnour Nocera; Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir; Helen Petrie; Antonio Piccinno; Marco Winckler. Cham: Springer, 2023. p. 680–684 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 14145).

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Srivastava A, Clemmensen T, Yammiyamar P, Badoni P. Understanding HCI Approaches for the Metaverse in Education Applications for the Global South. In Nocera JA, Lárusdóttir MK, Petrie H, Piccinno A, Winckler M, editors, Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023: 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, August 28 – September 1, 2023, Proceedings, Part IV. Cham: Springer. 2023. p. 680–684. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 14145). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-42293-5_93