Chitra Gautam ¹ and Ganesh Chandra ² , ¹Indian Institute of Management, India, ²Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India

The Metaverse has long captured the attention of educators. Furthermore, Facebook’s rebranding as Meta significantly accelerated interest in this domain, particularly within education. With growing public enthusiasm, there is a pressing need to analyse the Metaverse’s potential and research landscape in education. Although several studies have conducted literature reviews to summarise findings on the Metaverse broadly, none have examined public perspectives, discussions, and concerns specific to its role in education. Addressing this gap, this study investigates the Metaverse in education through three novel approaches: content analysis of news articles, LDA-based clustering, and a comparative study with academic publications. These methods highlight the evolution of research, key themes and applications, and possible future directions. The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the Metaverse’s educational potential and guide scholars in advancing future research.

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