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Exploring Enhancing Interaction for Foreign Learners e-PBL Using Meta-verse

메타버스를 활용한 외국인 학습자의 e-PBL 상호작용 강화 방안

  • Ko-Eun Song (Da Vinci College of General Education, Chung-Ang University)
  • 송고은 (중앙대학교 다빈치대학)
  • Received : 2022.11.30
  • Accepted : 2022.12.15
  • Published : 2022.12.31

Abstract

This study explored the educational effects of e-PBL by using metaverse tools to strengthen PBL interactions among foreign learners. The university's 3-hour, 15-week PBL subject was systematically reorganized to satisfy the needs of online groups of students. Metaverse technology was also used as a tool for interaction in the process of solving practical problems closely related to our social issues through e-PBL. e-PBL lectures are composed of foreign learners from various countries. More than half of the 43 participating students are from 11 different nations. Learners in an e-PBL class are able to partake in task-based learning activities through the use of the metaverse. This qualitative study identified the metaverse is an effective communication tool which transcends language and nationality. It is also a unique space where both verbal and non-verbal communication between team members are possible online. This study can demonstrate the positive effects of e-PBL teaching methods. By using the metaverse's various tools of interaction to improve communication among foreign learners whose Korean levels are not perfect, we can create a digital space which more closely resembles an offline, interpersonal learning experience.

본 연구는 외국인학습자들 사이의 PBL의 상호작용을 강화하고자 메타버스 도구를 활용한 e-PBL의 교육적 효과를 탐색하였다. C대학교의 매주 3시간의 15주차의 PBL 교과목을 비대면 상황에 맞추어 체계적으로 재구성하였고 우리 사회 이슈와 밀접한 실제적인 문제해결을 e-PBL로 수행하는 과정에서 상호작용의 도구로서 메타버스 테크놀로지를 활용하였다. 11개 국적의 43명의 참여 수강생 중 절반 이상인 외국인 학습자들로 구성된 e-PBL 강의에서 언어와 국적을 초월하여 효과적인 소통의 도구로서의 메타버스 활용을 통해 학습자들은 프로젝트 활동에 한층 더 능동적으로 상호작용할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 메타버스 공간에서 팀 구성원들간의 언어적 소통 외의 다양한 비언어적 소통이 가능했고 그 과정에서 메타버스 공간 특유의 행동 유도 기능들은 매우 유용하게 작용했음을 확인 할 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 언어적 의사소통이 완벽하지 않은 학습자들간의 상호작용을 개선하기 위한도구로서의 메타버스 활용 e-PBL 교수방법을 모색하는 계기가 될 수 있다.

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