The Factors Affecting the Acceptance of Metaverse In Education : A Survey Study of a Sample from Nursing College Students at the University of Mosul.

The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive review of metaverse research in education through the technology acceptance model, which is a widely used model to study the acceptance and rejection of new technologies by users. In this study, we examine the variables that affect user acceptance of metaverse technology and apply the relationships between these variables to the technology acceptance model through multiple factors (task suitability for technology, perceived enjoyment, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived enhancement). The purpose of understanding these issues is to know the intention to accept the use of metaverse in education by students of the College of Nursing / University of Mosul. To achieve this goal, the study relies on the descriptive analytical approach, and through a questionnaire form, data were collected from a sample of (138) students from the College of Nursing / University of Mosul. The questionnaire was designed using a five-point Likert scale, and the study used several statistical methods to analyze the data, namely frequencies, percentages, and standard deviations to describe and diagnose the study sample and its variables, as well as using the structural equation modeling method to verify the stability of the proposed model and hypothesis tests. The study used SPSS V.24 and AMOS V.26 to analyze the data. The study concluded that these variables positively affect the intention to accept the use of metaverse technology. That is, whenever one of the influencing factors was entered, the value of the coefficient of determination increased, in addition to the fact that the sig value appeared less than 0.05, which indicates the significance of the dimension that was entered, which indicates the importance of the factors influencing the variable of intention to accept the use of the Metaverse. The study recommended the need to educate students about the importance of accepting the use of the metaverse, strengthening the technical infrastructure, and providing sufficient financial support for its implementation