3D 아바타를 사용한 영어수업의 교육적 기대 효과 연구

A Study of Educational Expectation of English Class Using 3D Avatars: Focusing on Learning Motivation

The newly revised 2022 curriculum by Korean ministry of education suggested adoption of digital textbook and emphasized updated digital tools in public education in general. As a move in synch, the goal of our action research is to investigate the effectiveness of 3D Avatar as a metaverse digital tool in English education. We adopted theoretical framework of Keller’s ARCS (attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction) and applied Keller’s Course Interest Survey(CIS) model as a pre-test and post-test in our research. To see the actual effectiveness of 3D AVATAR model in English class, we taught eight periods of 45 min. middle school English ZOOM classes for two months in January and February 2023. The survey showed the following five positive points: the remarkable concentration in class participation, increase of problem-solving ability, reinforcement of digital refinement, authenticity of students’ social participation in digital world, and creative self-expression techniques. Therefore, we suggest this type of 3D metaverse edu-tech is quite applicable and effective in upcoming English education.