Metaversity as the Learning Ecology in the Age of the Metaverse: A Systematic Review/Metaversidad como ecologia de aprendizaje en la era del metaverso: Una revision sistematica

The recent pandemic forced the virtualization of educational processes around the world, which caused a series of problems in the quality of teaching due to the improvisation of its execution. The reappearance of the metaverse as a new social scenario has opened new possibilities to overcome the problems inherited by education during a pandemic. Therefore, the present study aims to review the literature on the emerging concept of "metaversity" through a systematic review. A methodology was developed following the PRISMA statement in the WoS, Scopus and Scielo databases. Twenty research studies were selected that were closest to the proposed concept of metaversity, where their main characteristics and scope are identified. The results show that, although there are no experiences that unify all possible areas to be developed in a virtualized university, there are fundamental advances in specific sectors. Educational benefits of the implementation of metaversity for students are identified, such as the improvement of cognitive skills and personalization of learning. The potential of metaversity to transform higher education is evidenced by offering not only the implementation of immersive learning but also a new center of virtual social interaction within the university campus. La reciente pandemia forzo la virtualizacion de los procesos educativos en todo el mundo, lo que provoco una serie de problemas en la calidad de la ensenanza debido a la improvisacion de su ejecucion. La reaparicion del metaverso como nuevo escenario social ha abierto nuevas posibilidades para superar los problemas heredados por la educacion durante una pandemia. Por lo anterior, el presente estudio tiene como objetivo revisar la literatura en torno al concepto emergente de la < >, a traves de una revision sistematica. Se desarrollo una metodologia siguiendo la declaracion PRISMA en las bases de datos WoS, Scopus y Scielo. Se seleccionaron 20 estudios de investigacion que mas se aproximaban al concepto propuesto de metaversidad, en donde se identifican sus caracteristicas y alcances principales. Los resultados muestran que, aunque no existen experiencias que unifiquen todas las areas posibles a desarrollar en una universidad virtualizada, si existen avances fundamentales en sectores especificos. Se logra identificar beneficios educativos de la implementacion de la metaversidad para el estudiantado como la mejora de habilidades cognitivas y personalizacion del aprendizaje. Se evidencia