本研究旨在運用文獻計量學方法探討元宇宙教育研究之發展現況、知識基礎、研究熱點與研究前沿，以掌握該領域之知識結構、發展脈絡及研究趨勢。以Scopus資料庫收錄之元宇宙教育相關文獻為研究對象，依據檢索策略進行文獻蒐集，並參照PRISMA 2020之文獻辨識與篩選程序，經人工篩選及資料清理後，共納入1566篇文獻。研究運用R軟體與VOSviewer進行績效分析與繪製知識圖譜。
根據文獻計量結果可以發現，在元宇宙教育研究領域具有以下特徵：（一）元宇宙教育研究最早可追溯至2009年，自2022年起文獻數量快速成長，以亞洲地區為主要研究產出核心；（二）可分類為「元宇宙教育之概念架構、應用與研究議題」、「元宇宙概念、技術架構與沉浸式學習環境」、「元宇宙教育之科技接受與使用意圖」及「元宇宙教學設計、遊戲化與情境實踐」四大知識集群，知識基礎由早期概念與技術架構逐步延伸至科技接受與教學實踐；（三）作者關鍵詞形成六大研究熱點，涵蓋元宇宙教育應用與沉浸式學習、遊戲化與生成式人工智慧、多元學習模式、人工智慧與智慧數位技術、虛擬身分與資料治理，以及虛擬與延展實境技術等議題，元宇宙教育已形成技術與教學相互整合之研究結構；（四）研究前沿呈現由數位與虛擬學習，逐步發展至虛擬與擴增實境技術，再進一步朝向沉浸式學習、人工智慧整合與專業教育應用之演進趨勢。其中生成式人工智慧、沉浸式學習及醫學教育等為近期值得持續關注之研究方向。
研究結果顯示，元宇宙教育已由早期著重概念建構與技術探索的萌芽階段，逐漸進入重視學習者經驗、教學應用與學習成效的發展階段，並朝向智慧化、沉浸化及個人化學習環境發展。

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