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NCT Number: NCT05829395

The Use of Metaverse in Nursing Education

This study will be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study in order to determine the effect of nursing process teaching in the metaverse environment on the instructional materials motivation and academic achievement of nursing students. this study will be conducted from March 2023 to April 2023 in the nursing department of a university. The sample consisted of 42 students who volunteered to participate in the research and met the inclusion criteria.

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Key information

Conditions

Nursing Student

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Suleyman Demirel University

Isparta, Merkez, 32200, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

This study will be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study to determine the effect of nursing process teaching in the metaverse environment on the instructional materials motivation and academic achievement of nursing students. The nursing process course will be conducted in a metaverse environment. A virtual classroom is designed in the metaverse space for the execution of this course. This study will be conducted from March 2023 to April 2023 in the nursing department of a university. The sample consisted of 42 students who volunteered to participate in the research and met the inclusion criteria. Scales and Forms to be used in the Study; Personal Information Form, The Instructional Materials Motivation Scale, and Academic Success Assessment (Quiz). With the simple randomization method, students will be assigned to the experimental and control groups. But students will not know which group is the experimental group.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Having volunteered to participate in the study
  • Being a first-year nursing student
  • Taking the course nursing process
  • Students with unlimited access to the internet and computer

Exclusion criteria

  • Not having volunteered to participate in the study
  • Students who do not taking and continuing in the nursing process course

Treatment and study plan

metaverse- based education

Other

The nursing process course will be conducted in a metaverse environment. A virtual classroom is designed in the metaverse space for the execution of this course.

Starting from the week following the pre-test application, online training will continue according to the Metaverse-based for a total of 3 weeks, two hours a week, for the intervention group. At the end of the 3 weeks, the Instructional Materials Motivation Scale and Academic Success Assessment (Quiz) will be re-administered as a post-test.

Primary outcomes

  1. Personal Information Form

    Time frame: one week

    This form was prepared by the researchers to determine some sociodemographic characteristics of the participating students. The form consists of 6 questions regarding characteristics of the students' such as age, gender, and graduated high school.

  2. The Instructional Materials Motivation Scale

    Time frame: 3 weeks

    Investigators uses the five-point Likert scale: "strongly agree," "agree," "neutral," "disagree," and "strongly disagree". The original IMMS consisted of 36 questions and four dimensions (attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction). The Cronbach's α of the overall questionnaire is 0.96 and the Cronbach's α for each of the sub-dimensions ranges between 0.81 and 0.92. A Turkish version of IMMS was constructed from 24-items.

  3. Academic Success Assessment (Quiz)

    Time frame: 3 weeks

    It is a 16 multiple-choice exam created by the researcher to measure the success of the students in the Nursing Process course. This exam lasted 18 minutes. Each question is worth 6.25 points.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Suleyman Demirel University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Metaverse-based Education on Nursing Students' Learning Motivation and Academic Achivement

Acronym: metaverse

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Apr 25, 2023
Registry last updated
Aug 9, 2023

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