o:30253 The empowered teacher for the META future en Abstract: The new problem that emerged due to the excessive use of technology and the pandemic of COVID-19 is the alienation of primary school students. There are three types of alienation: from oneself, from others and from tradition. Question arises on how to empower personal, social and cultural identity in a modern age. Application of extended reality, eg. Metaverse stands out as an innovative method that could be implemented. It has a potential to solve alienation problem while connecting users with reality and strengthening social relationships. In education, Metaverse can be used to create a stimulating inclusive digital environment for communication, collaboration, learning and raising awareness of cultural expression and heritage. The project proposed the solution in form of upgraded Edmodo platform with two potential metaverse scenarios for the teaching process. https://iite.unesco.org/news/fifth-global-competition-in-design-for-future-education-run-under-auspices-of-bnu-and-unesco-iite/ Keywords: Metaverse, Serbian educational system, Mixed Reality, In-service and pre-service teachers, Edmodo. 2023-06-22T13:54:27.757Z 44 yes 46 Јелица Ристић Универзитет у Београду Учитељски факултет 0000-0003-0459-294X Марија Воркапић Универзитет у Београду Учитељски факултет person 0000-0001-6152-2097 Сања Чомић person Љиљана Бојанић Универзитет у Београду Учитељски факултет person 0000-0002-5379-1163 Дуња Богићевић person application/pdf 874233 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:30253 no yes 21 70 1556244 11A42 The Global Competition on Design for Future Education 160 169 Beijing Normal University 2022 http://gcd4fe.bnu.edu.cn/en/index.html