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In recent years, the Metaverse is gaining traction. It is playing an increasingly important role in our lives. The year of 2021 is referred to the first year of the Metaverse. Researches all over the world on the Metaverse showed an explosive force beyond imagination. Beginning with the concept of the Metaverse and the application in educational Metaverse as the guidance, this paper discusses the ethical issues of educational Metaverse based on background of the Metaverse. Ultimately the biggest problem of the Metaverse is a human beings problem. That is to realize the purpose of people-oriented education. This paper mainly examines ethical problems of Metaverse from two aspects. Firstly, the problem of individual autonomy in the educational Metaverse is clearly specified. Secondly, we investigate the issues of privacy in the educational Metaverse. In addition, a series of minor problems such as data distortion, technical training and challenges for teachers are also discussed in detail.
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This research was supported by Research on the Practice of Online and Offline Blended Teaching (No. SZIIT2021SK035), Research on the High Quality Development of Shenzhen Industrial System Under the New Development Pattern of Double Cycle (No. SZIIT2021SK010) and Research on the Supply of Community Senior Citizen Education in Shenzhen under the Background of Aging (No. Ybzz20009).
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Li, Y., Wei, W., Xu, J. (2022). The Exploration on Ethical Problems of Educational Metaverse. In: Zhang, LJ. (eds) Metaverse – METAVERSE 2022. METAVERSE 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13737. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23518-4_3
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