Towards a model to integrate Metaverse into Moodle LMS for better Students’ experiences and preferences in a resource constrained Higher Education Situation in Uganda

Stephen Kyakulumbye; Ann Bwengye Katabaazi

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.59216

Towards a model to integrate Metaverse into Moodle LMS for better Students’ experiences and preferences in a resource constrained Higher Education Situation in Uganda

Author(s)	Dr. Stephen Kyakulumbye, Ms. Ann Bwengye Katabaazi
Country	Uganda
Abstract	Learning Management Systems like Moodle are widely acceptable platforms for online learning. However, they get limitations when it comes to subjects and programmes that require physical presence especially for practical based courses like Engineering. This paper provides some expert insights into this online distance learning, with the goal of helping non-expert university teachers (i.e. those who have little experience with online learning) and within a technologically resource constrained environment to navigate in these challenging times. These conceptual case-based findings, using experience from Uganda Christian University (UCU) point at the design of learning activities with two certain characteristics, the enhancement of synchronous learning technologies and asynchronous ones to mitigate the challenge of system breakdown, passive learning to active learning, and enhancing the types of presence (social, cognitive and facilitatory). The paper both empirical and experiential in nature, offers an enhanced frame work of Moodle LMS with possibility to integrate it with metaverse tools to improve online education. For instance, for Virtual Reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) enhance engineering practical courses by providing safe, cost effective and immersive learning environments for complex concepts and procedures, reducing the need for expensive physical equipment and improving safety by simulating hazardous scenarios. This proposed model shall be tested and validated at UMI after integrating VR/AR into the platform to enhance immersiveness.
Keywords	synchronous learning, asynchronous learning, metaverse, active learning, reflective learning, resource constrained environment
Field	Computer > Artificial Intelligence / Simulation / Virtual Reality
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On	2025-11-09
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.59216

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