This edited volume explores how empathy and emotional intelligence can be systematically embedded into contemporary educational technologies to create more human-centered, inclusive, and effective learning environments. The book brings together theoretical foundations, design principles, and technological frameworks that position emotions as a core element of digital, blended, and immersive learning systems. It examines how learner emotions, attention, engagement, and affective states can be modeled, sensed, and meaningfully integrated into learning technologies through interdisciplinary perspectives spanning education, psychology, human–computer interaction, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science.
The chapters present empirical studies, design methodologies, and system implementations that demonstrate empathy-driven approaches in real educational contexts. Topics include affective computing in education, emotionally intelligent instructional design, sensitive and adaptive learning systems, learner behavior and engagement analytics, extended reality–based learning experiences, and human-centered design frameworks. Several contributions highlight AI-enabled personalization, emotion-aware feedback mechanisms, and ethically grounded approaches to user modeling and intelligent learning environments.
Collectively, the book serves as a practical and forward-looking resource for educators, researchers, designers, and technology developers seeking to move beyond efficiency-driven educational technologies toward systems that genuinely support both cognitive growth and emotional well-being in digitally mediated learning.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. The Heart of Technology: Advancing Socio-Emotional Learning in Digital Classrooms.- Chapter 2. Emotional Intelligence in the Digital Learning Era: A Catalyst for Students’ Success.- Chapter 3. Redefining Online Learning: The Significance of Empathy in Increasing Student Involvement and Retention.- Chapter 4. Cultural Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence in Technology-Enhanced Learning.- Chapter 5. Integration of Emotional and Cultural Intelligence in Virtual Reality Education: A Framework for Designing Empathy-Driven Learning.- Chapter 6. Human-Centered Design for Learning Technologies: Enhancing Empathy, Creativity, and Engagement.- Chapter 7. Emotion-Driven Pedagogical Strategies: Designing Empathetic Learning Experiences in the Digital Era.- Chapter 8. Building Empathy in Digital and Blended Learning Environments in the Classrooms.- Chapter 9. Designing with Feeling: A Culturally Responsive Framework for Emotion-Aware EdTech in Indian Classrooms.- Chapter 10. Affective Computing in Education: An Enhancing Interdisciplinary Learning Through an Emotional Intelligence.- Chapter 11. Emotion-Aware Adaptive Learning Systems: Personalizing Education Through Empathy-Driven AI.- Chapter 12. Designing Emotionally Adaptive Learning Environments Using Generative AI, GANS, and VAES: Implications for the Future of Smart Education.- Chapter 13. An AI-based ‘Sensitive’ Blended Learning System to Improve Pedagogy.- Chapter 14. Empathy-Aware Reinforcement Learning for Emotionally Intelligent E-Learning Agents.- Chapter 15. Role of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) in Emotional Learning Systems.- Chapter 16. Impact of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) in Emotional Learning Systems.- Chapter 17. AI-Based Meta-Universities and the Smart Curriculum: Designing Empathy-Centered Learning Ecosystems.- Chapter 18. AI meets EI: The Role of Empathy beyond the Smart Classrooms.- Chapter 19. Empirically Testing the Emotional Intelligence and Other Contributors for Boosting the Effectiveness in the Educational Framework.- Chapter 20. The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Fostering Empathy and Engagement in Hybrid Classrooms.- Chapter 21. Empathy-Focused Teaching Practices to Highlight Retention and Enrollment of Students in Blended Learning Environments.- Chapter 22. From Code to Compassion: A Mixed-Method Inquiry into AI-Enhanced AR/VR Platforms for Emotionally Adaptive SEL Curriculum.- Chapter 23. Scaling Emotional Intelligence: Peer Based Approaches and Measurement.- Chapter 24. Social and Emotional Learning through Educational Technologies in Social Studies.- Chapter 25. Empathy and Values in Medical Education: Integrating a Neuro-Pedagogical Model with Educational Technologies.- Chapter 26. Comparative Evaluation of an IoT-Enabled Multimodal Emotion-Aware Adaptive Learning Framework.- Chapter 27. Beyond the Human Counsellor: Positive Psychology, AI Chatbots, and the Future of Student Well-being Support.- Chapter 28. Ethical Considerations in Emotion-Centered Learning: Adoption, Efficacy, and Risks of GenAI in Education.- Chapter 29. The Empathy Engine and the Digi-Driven Society : Emotional Intelligence as the Core of EdTech Innovation.- Chapter 30. Future Directions in Empathy-enabled Educational Technologies: Rising Futuristic Digital Transformation.
