Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer announced that they are continuing their studies for the use of metaverse in education. However, these statements of the minister caused strange reactions on social media.
Described as the ‘future of the Internet’ metaverseIt has become quite popular lately. This concept, for which Facebook has changed its name and for which millions of dollars have been invested by many companies, aims to enable people to do many things in their daily lives through digital universes in the future. Many countries, including Turkey, also declare that they have targets in this regard.
now too education It has been announced that moves will be made in this area. Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer made statements stating that the metaverse will be included in the field of education. However, Özer’s statements also caused some strange reactions on social media.
The metaverse period in education
Talking about his work on education, Özer said, ‘metaverse era in educationHe stated that they are planning to implement virtual reality applications. Talking about his goals regarding virtual reality, the minister said, “Especially in risky areas in terms of occupational health and safety, vocational education has moved to augmented virtual reality in the world. this situation using the to vocational training He stated that it is planned to integrate it and they have started applications in the field of welding and mining.
In addition to this, Özer has requested that the metaverse be included in education. infrastructure preparation, creating digital content Noting that they continue to work on subjects such as mathematics, he added that they are designing an education that is not disconnected from real life and changing the teaching approach in the field of mathematics.
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However, in the minister’s education ‘revolution’ These statements, which can be described as a social media account, have been moved to the agenda of social media like every other topic. ‘In EducationMetaverseNO‘, many people who shared under the hashtag, reacted to the implementation of these decisions for reasons that did not make much sense. These reactions, which included statements such as ‘We will not be slaves’, showed that the purpose of the metaverse may not be fully understood.
Here are some of the reactions
