Analysis of Domestic Metaverse Education Research Trends From 2020 to 2022: Focusing on Topic Modeling

This study aimed to suggest an educational use for the Metaverse by analyzing the trends in domestic Metaverse education research after COVID-19. To supplement the limitations of traditional literature review, the LDA (Latent Dirichlet Allocation) technique was used among machine learning-based topic modeling analysis methods. As a result of the topic modeling analysis based on thesis data related to Metaverse education research, the following topics were derived: (1) Developing a Metaverse space and environment for another digital Earth, (2) The use of Metaverse in higher education and education in general, (3) Expansion of accessibility for an equal Metaverse world, utilization of welfare and religion, (4) Expanding Metaverse, content development using virtual and augmented reality technology, (5) Metaverse in elementary school, education in using virtual reality, and (6) Diversity of the Metaverse, expanding to nursing, art, and language fields. Based on the analysis results, academic implications of studies related to Metaverse education were suggested.