{"id":137808,"date":"2021-12-01T20:46:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medios.uchceu.es\/actualidad-ceu\/?p=137808"},"modified":"2023-02-03T15:30:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:30:01","slug":"the-ceu-uch-faculty-of-veterinary-medicine-pioneers-of-the-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medios.uchceu.es\/actualidad-ceu\/en\/the-ceu-uch-faculty-of-veterinary-medicine-pioneers-of-the-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"The CEU UCH Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, pioneers of the metaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is the first faculty at CEU Universities to construct its own metaverse, creating a virtual replica of the real campus, using the educational version of Microsoft\u2019s videogame Minecraft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CEU Cardenal Herrera University (CEU UCH) in Valencia has created a replica of all the facilities of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine<\/strong>, in the form of a virtual environment or metaverse<\/em><\/strong>, similar to that of a videogame. Using\u00a0Minecraft: Education Edition, the educational version of Microsoft\u2019s popular videogame, the CEU UCH Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has become a pioneer in higher education, with its metaverse reproducing University buildings and equipment. The Faculty\u2019s\u00a0classrooms\u00a0and the facilities of CEU UCH\u2019s\u00a0Hospital Cl\u00ednico Veterinario<\/a><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0Teaching and Research Farm<\/a><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0have been completely reproduced in this virtual environment. Students can explore it by completing quests, revising course materials and practical training tasks, undertaking assessments and administrative procedures, or by interacting with their lecturers\u2019 avatars. It\u2019s the gamification of university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The metaverse in the university environment<\/strong> opens up many new and interesting possibilities. This Minecraft metaverse has been initially developed for the Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Veterinary Medicine at CEU UCH, but the plan is to extend it to the whole of CEU Universities. In this way, it will be possible to enter virtual classrooms, to go over the materials covered in in-person teaching using audio and video content, to interact with the lecturer\u2019s avatar, and to undertake mock exams using Forms questionnaires while also gaining feedback on performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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