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

Emotion recognition (ER) is gaining popularity in various fields, including education. The benefits of ER in the classroom for educational purposes, such as improving students’ academic performance, are gradually becoming known. Thus, real-time ER is proving to be a valuable tool for teachers as wel...

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Main Authors: Cèlia Llurba, Ramon Palau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Imaging
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/10/12/313
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Summary:Emotion recognition (ER) is gaining popularity in various fields, including education. The benefits of ER in the classroom for educational purposes, such as improving students’ academic performance, are gradually becoming known. Thus, real-time ER is proving to be a valuable tool for teachers as well as for students. However, its feasibility in educational settings requires further exploration. This review offers learning experiences based on real-time ER with students to explore their potential in learning and in improving their academic achievement. The purpose is to present evidence of good implementation and suggestions for their successful application. The content analysis finds that most of the practices lead to significant improvements in terms of educational purposes. Nevertheless, the analysis identifies problems that might block the implementation of these practices in the classroom and in education; among the obstacles identified are the absence of privacy of the students and the support needs of the students. We conclude that artificial intelligence (AI) and ER are potential tools to approach the needs in ordinary classrooms, although reliable automatic recognition is still a challenge for researchers to achieve the best ER feature in real time, given the high input data variability.
ISSN:2313-433X