Collaborative Virtual Environment affords users to create and distribute their own content.
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The Virtual Art Lab: Art Teaching in the Metaverse
Catarina Carneiro de Sousa (Escola Superior de Educação, CI&DEI, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal), Sofia Figueiredo (Escola Superior de Educação, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal), and Ana Luísa Souto-e-Melo (Escola Superior de Educação, CI&DEI, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2023
|Pages: 28
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8407-4.ch005
Abstract
This chapter discusses the art learning experience in Metaverse, the virtual art lab, conducted entirely online. The authors aim to understand the potentialities of mediated art teaching. It analyses two art projects carried out by higher education students, The Virtual Garden of Time and [D]Utopia, where virtual environments and avatars were designed in a 3D simulator. The process of learning and designing artworks is considered, and a student survey was analyzed, in order to determine advantages and limitations of using creative collaborative environments in art teaching. The authors found that the Metaverse can be an excellent opportunity for students to develop creative, technical, conceptual, and collaborative skills.