Building Empathy in the Digital Classroom Environment

Video conferencing, social networking, and all kinds of online communication for remote learning have become indispensable these days due to the pandemic situation that has affected pervasively the worldwide education. From a sudden change that we need to replace in-person interactions with fully immerse ourselves in the online world. While adapting to this new environment, all stakeholders, teachers, students, parents, and administrators are learning to survive the obligatory change. In the midst of frustration, empathy has a great role to relieve the seriousness of the situation. Empathy or the ability to understand and relate to the feelings of others is an aspect of emotional comprehension. In this video, the speaker has raised the discussion on how teachers and students utilize mindful empathic manners to communicate to one another under the condition of a fragile and stressful learning in the digital classroom environment. The speaker also illustrates the case studies in which empathy has been built to enhance a stronger relationship among class members.