{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7204874669","doi":"https://doi.org/10.18488/73.v14i3.5088","title":"A systematic literature review on collaborative learning mediated by the metaverse: Trends, tools, and pedagogical implications for higher education","display_name":"A systematic literature review on collaborative learning mediated by the metaverse: Trends, tools, and pedagogical implications for higher education","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-08-14","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7204874669","doi":"https://doi.org/10.18488/73.v14i3.5088"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.18488/73.v14i3.5088","doi":"https://doi.org/10.18488/73.v14i3.5088","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.18488/73.v14i3.5088","pdf_url":"https://archive.conscientiabeam.com/index.php/73/article/download/5088/9335","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210214964","display_name":"Humanities and Social Sciences Letters","issn_l":"2312-4318","issn":["2312-4318","2312-5659"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["poland-20","russia-white-list-3"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4361074916","host_organization_name":"Conscientia Beam","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4361074916"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Conscientia Beam"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Humanities and Social Sciences Letters","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"review","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://archive.conscientiabeam.com/index.php/73/article/download/5088/9335","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077454505","display_name":"Hayde\u00e9 Quispe Berr\u00edos","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9025-5335","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9025-5335"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210165210","display_name":"Universidad Continental","ror":"https://ror.org/05rcf8d17","country_code":"PE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210165210"]}],"countries":["PE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Haydee Quispe Berrios","raw_affiliation_strings":["Continental University, Peru"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9025-5335","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Continental University, Peru","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210165210"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5108677256","display_name":"Mar\u00eda Dolores Palacios","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6978-4112","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6978-4112","https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9074-6652"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3132302805","display_name":"National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco","ror":"https://ror.org/03gsd6w61","country_code":"PE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3132302805"]}],"countries":["PE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Maria Dolores Velasco Palacios","raw_affiliation_strings":["National University of San Antonio Abad of Cusco, Peru"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6978-4112","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"National University of San Antonio Abad of Cusco, Peru","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3132302805"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5148874593","display_name":"Zaidina Rios Quispicho","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0419-8336","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0419-8336"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3132302805","display_name":"National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco","ror":"https://ror.org/03gsd6w61","country_code":"PE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3132302805"]}],"countries":["PE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zaidina Rios Quispicho","raw_affiliation_strings":["National University of San Antonio Abad of Cusco, Peru"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0419-8336","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"National University of San Antonio Abad of Cusco, Peru","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3132302805"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5117500767","display_name":"Juan Daniel Tejeira Berrios","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9937-1164","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9937-1164"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I271457894","display_name":"Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola","ror":"https://ror.org/03vgk3f90","country_code":"PE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I271457894"]}],"countries":["PE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Juan Daniel Tejeira Berrios","raw_affiliation_strings":["San Ignacio de Loyola University, Peru"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9937-1164","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"San Ignacio de Loyola University, Peru","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I271457894"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"14","issue":"3","first_page":"244","last_page":"257"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10648","display_name":"Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts","score":0.6455000042915344,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10648","display_name":"Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts","score":0.6455000042915344,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10636","display_name":"Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods","score":0.06840000301599503,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13565","display_name":"Education and Learning Interventions","score":0.06369999796152115,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/metaverse","display_name":"metaverse","score":0.9570000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/collaborative-learning","display_name":"cooperative learning","score":0.9990000128746033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/higher-education","display_name":"higher education","score":0.972000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-reality","display_name":"virtual reality","score":0.8199999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-learning-environments","display_name":"virtual learning environments","score":0.7990000247955322},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/educational-technology","display_name":"educational technology","score":0.7590000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pedagogical-implications","display_name":"educational implications","score":0.8230000138282776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/college-students","display_name":"university students","score":0.6010000109672546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/student-engagement","display_name":"student engagement","score":0.5220000147819519}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138020889","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2349659","display_name":"Collaborative learning","level":2,"score":0.715499997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120912362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136822","display_name":"Higher education","level":2,"score":0.5958999991416931},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C109359841","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728944","display_name":"Inclusion (mineral)","level":2,"score":0.5856000185012817},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189708586","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1504425","display_name":"Systematic review","level":3,"score":0.5200999975204468},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74196892","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7781188","display_name":"Thematic analysis","level":3,"score":0.5199000239372253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16443162","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1068473","display_name":"Educational technology","level":2,"score":0.435699999332428},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C65682993","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1056451","display_name":"Reflection (computer programming)","level":2,"score":0.4302000105381012},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.42399999499320984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.413100004196167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.3937000036239624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C66699896","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2349394","display_name":"Virtual learning environment","level":2,"score":0.38929998874664307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93692415","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1502030","display_name":"Thematic map","level":2,"score":0.38190001249313354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51672120","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q303446","display_name":"Cooperative learning","level":3,"score":0.3815000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778695844","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1762292","display_name":"Collaborative writing","level":2,"score":0.3774999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3659000098705292},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194519906","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7627827","display_name":"Student engagement","level":2,"score":0.36480000615119934},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3580999970436096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781083858","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17327049","display_name":"Scientific literature","level":2,"score":0.335999995470047},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77967617","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4677561","display_name":"Active learning (machine learning)","level":2,"score":0.33149999380111694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53332860","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2632041","display_name":"Metaverse","level":3,"score":0.3147999942302704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C88610354","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1813494","display_name":"Teaching method","level":2,"score":0.31119999289512634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.30809998512268066},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778515922","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1640981","display_name":"Computer-supported collaborative learning","level":3,"score":0.3025999963283539},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C37228920","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307600","display_name":"Experiential learning","level":2,"score":0.2745000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158592959","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q869010","display_name":"Blended learning","level":3,"score":0.26919999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780909375","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1060990","display_name":"Problem-based learning","level":2,"score":0.2671999931335449}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.18488/73.v14i3.5088","doi":"https://doi.org/10.18488/73.v14i3.5088","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.18488/73.v14i3.5088","pdf_url":"https://archive.conscientiabeam.com/index.php/73/article/download/5088/9335","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210214964","display_name":"Humanities and Social Sciences Letters","issn_l":"2312-4318","issn":["2312-4318","2312-5659"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["poland-20","russia-white-list-3"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4361074916","host_organization_name":"Conscientia Beam","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4361074916"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Conscientia Beam"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Humanities and Social Sciences Letters","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.18488/73.v14i3.5088","doi":"https://doi.org/10.18488/73.v14i3.5088","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.18488/73.v14i3.5088","pdf_url":"https://archive.conscientiabeam.com/index.php/73/article/download/5088/9335","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210214964","display_name":"Humanities and Social Sciences Letters","issn_l":"2312-4318","issn":["2312-4318","2312-5659"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["poland-20","russia-white-list-3"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4361074916","host_organization_name":"Conscientia Beam","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4361074916"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Conscientia Beam"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Humanities and Social Sciences Letters","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Quality education","score":0.975600004196167,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Systematic Review","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/systematic-review"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204874669.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204874669.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":36,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2903094709","https://openalex.org/W2914010902","https://openalex.org/W2998861261","https://openalex.org/W3118615836","https://openalex.org/W3127831386","https://openalex.org/W3179541900","https://openalex.org/W4200624565","https://openalex.org/W4309831433","https://openalex.org/W4313886931","https://openalex.org/W4313909746","https://openalex.org/W4317606255","https://openalex.org/W4318715435","https://openalex.org/W4318833222","https://openalex.org/W4319334903","https://openalex.org/W4321118308","https://openalex.org/W4321120953","https://openalex.org/W4321377775","https://openalex.org/W4324149088","https://openalex.org/W4381659133","https://openalex.org/W4383648270","https://openalex.org/W4386895632","https://openalex.org/W4387694174","https://openalex.org/W4388030242","https://openalex.org/W4388282720","https://openalex.org/W4388705192","https://openalex.org/W4389088230","https://openalex.org/W4389737011","https://openalex.org/W4390704603","https://openalex.org/W4391131926","https://openalex.org/W4391402618","https://openalex.org/W4391684022","https://openalex.org/W4392385353","https://openalex.org/W4393396593","https://openalex.org/W4398238032","https://openalex.org/W4399110399","https://openalex.org/W4399653334"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7128604578","https://openalex.org/W4388795118","https://openalex.org/W7164848188","https://openalex.org/W4404870450","https://openalex.org/W7117989946","https://openalex.org/W4407408960","https://openalex.org/W4391361043","https://openalex.org/W4390283886","https://openalex.org/W4410483344","https://openalex.org/W7202372733"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Higher":[0],"education":[1,154],"has":[2],"been":[3],"affected":[4],"by":[5,169],"significant":[6],"changes":[7],"due":[8],"to":[9,27,33,143],"technological":[10],"advances":[11,17],"over":[12],"the":[13,35,38,52,55,59,69,101,126,144,160,181,184],"past":[14],"decade.":[15],"These":[16,157],"have":[18],"positively":[19],"influenced":[20,168],"various":[21],"learning":[22,42,151,177,204],"approaches,":[23],"especially":[24],"those":[25],"related":[26,142],"collaborative":[28,41,150,176,203],"learning.":[29],"This":[30],"article":[31],"aims":[32],"analyze":[34],"impact":[36],"of":[37,51,71,83,125,149],"metaverse":[39,145],"on":[40,47,117],"in":[43,152],"higher":[44,153],"education,":[45],"based":[46],"a":[48,88,147,199],"systematic":[49],"review":[50],"literature":[53],"following":[54],"PRISMA":[56],"methodology.":[57],"During":[58],"search":[60],"process,":[61,162],"inclusion":[62],"and":[63,76,80,108,165,193,202],"exclusion":[64],"criteria":[65],"were":[66,92,155],"established,":[67],"considering":[68],"year":[70],"publication,":[72],"language,":[73],"databases":[74],"(WoS":[75],"Scopus),":[77],"study":[78],"type,":[79],"thematic":[81,140],"area":[82],"each":[84],"document":[85],"examined.":[86,129],"As":[87],"result,":[89],"23":[90],"papers":[91],"deemed":[93],"suitable":[94],"for":[95,115,123,191,195],"review.":[96],"The":[97,110,130],"findings":[98],"indicated":[99],"that":[100,175],"highest":[102],"scientific":[103],"output":[104],"occurred":[105],"between":[106],"2023":[107],"2024.":[109],"most":[111],"frequently":[112],"used":[113],"database":[114],"publications":[116],"this":[118],"topic":[119],"was":[120,134,173],"Scopus,":[121],"accounting":[122],"43.47%":[124],"total":[127],"documents":[128],"predominant":[131],"research":[132],"methodology":[133],"quantitative,":[135],"representing":[136],"52.17%.":[137],"Additionally,":[138],"four":[139],"areas":[141],"as":[146,183],"mediator":[148],"identified.":[156],"categories":[158],"include":[159],"educational":[161],"technology,":[163],"tools,":[164],"teaching":[166],"methods":[167],"virtual":[170,185],"environments.":[171],"It":[172],"concluded":[174],"benefits":[178],"significantly":[179],"from":[180],"metaverse,":[182],"reality":[186],"it":[187],"provides":[188],"creates":[189],"spaces":[190],"practice":[192],"reflection":[194],"university":[196],"students,":[197],"offering":[198],"more":[200],"engaging":[201],"experience.":[205]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2026-09-02T00:00:00"}