System for Emotion and Engagement Recognition in Education (SEERE): An AI-Enabled System for Responsive Teaching

This paper presents the System for Emotion and Engagement Recognition in Education (SEERE), a cutting-edge advancement integrating computer vision and deep learning tech-nologies to evaluate real-time student engagement through facial emotion recognition and eye tracking. SEERE, a transformative educational tool built on the robust YOLO V8 architecture, customizes the FER2013 dataset, making use of meticulously annotated emotion and eye position data. It goes further, es-tablishing a unique ‘concentration metric,’ a quantitative index of student engagement, bridging a gap in modern responsive teaching approaches. Higher concentration metrics signal height-ened student engagement, offering educators real-time data to adjust teaching techniques and feedback accordingly. The paper provides a thorough review of facial emotion recognition models, setting the stage for understanding the innovative strides made by SEERE. Detailed discussions on the prototype's design and architecture are followed by initial experimental results, reinforcing the system's validity and potential.