The Metaverse has been the centre of attraction for educationists for quite some time. This feld got renewed interest with the announcement of social media giant Facebook as it rebranding and positioning it as Meta. While several studies conducted literature reviews to summarize the fndings related to the Metaverse in general, no study to the best of our knowledge focused on systematically summarizing the fnding related to the Metaverse in education. To cover this gap, this study conducts a systematic litera‑ ture review of the Metaverse in education. It then applies both content and bibliomet‑ ric analysis to reveal the research trends, focus, and limitations of this research topic. The obtained fndings reveal the research gap in lifelogging applications in educational Metaverse. The fndings also show that the design of Metaverse in education has evolved over generations, where generation Z is more targeted with artifcial intel‑ ligence technologies compared to generation X or Y. In terms of learning scenarios, there have been very few studies focusing on mobile learning, hybrid learning, and micro learning. Additionally, no study focused on using the Metaverse in education for students with disabilities. The fndings of this study provide a roadmap of future research directions to be taken into consideration and investigated to enhance the adoption of the Metaverse in education worldwide, as well as to enhance the learning and teaching experiences in the Metaverse.

Title

Smart Learning Environments

Publisher

Springer

Publisher Country

Netherlands

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

0.9

Publication Type

Both (Printed and Online)

Volume

9

Year

2022

Pages

1-31