Vocational Education Metaverse: Research Status, Existing Problems, and Development Strategies

Abstract

The digital strategic action has promoted the high-quality development of vocational education. As an important measure for the digital transformation of vocational education, the application and development of educational metaverse are related to the deep transformation of vocational education and the overall development of smart education. This study first reviews the current research status of the educational metaverse in vocational education from the aspects of technological development, application status, and implementation effects. Secondly, it points out the current practical problems in vocational education metaverse from the perspectives of infrastructure, technical standards system, practical training teaching model, and ethical risks. Finally, it proposes targeted improvements from the following four aspects: first, improve the infrastructure of vocational education metaverse; second, accelerate the establishment of technical standards for vocational education metaverse; explore teaching models and systems of vocational education metaverse; fourth, effectively prevent ethical risks of vocational education metaverse.