Real-Time Emotion Recognition for Improving the Teaching–Learning Process: A Scoping Review
2024

Real-Time Emotion Recognition in Education

Sample size: 22 publication 10 minutes Evidence: moderate

Author Information

Author(s): Cèlia Llurba, Ramon Palau

Primary Institution: Department of Pedagogy, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Hypothesis

Real-time emotion recognition can improve the teaching-learning process.

Conclusion

Real-time emotion recognition has the potential to enhance student engagement and academic performance, but challenges such as privacy concerns remain.

Supporting Evidence

  • Emotion recognition can help improve students' academic performance.
  • Real-time emotion recognition systems can provide immediate feedback to teachers.
  • Privacy concerns are a significant barrier to implementing emotion recognition in classrooms.
  • Most studies reviewed show positive outcomes for using emotion recognition in education.
  • Technological advancements in AI and machine learning are enhancing emotion recognition capabilities.

Takeaway

This study looks at how recognizing students' emotions in real-time can help teachers teach better and make learning more fun.

Methodology

The study is a scoping review of literature focusing on real-time emotion recognition in educational settings.

Potential Biases

Potential bias due to the exclusion of non-English studies and those not focused on educational purposes.

Limitations

The review is limited to studies published after 2018 and does not include e-learning or virtual classes.

Participant Demographics

The review includes studies with various student groups, but specific demographics are not detailed.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.3390/jimaging10120313

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