Affective setting for sustainable E learning in higher education

Emotions play an essential role in decision making, managing, perceiving and learning and influencing rational thinking process of humans. Emotions are also important in teaching and learning and often find expression in particular ways, such as interactions with others, our interest and motivation in learning. The influence of emotions on learning is still under-emphasized. Continuous and increasing exploration of the complex set of parameters surrounding online learning reveals the importance of the emotional states of learners and especially the relationship between learning and affective behavior. This study aims to recognize learners' affective behavior in real class room environment and relate them in to the e learning environment. The proposed actions were based on the experiment carried out among the Sri Lankan university system regarding the learner behavior during teaching and learning. The results of the experiment have been used for the new developments of the e learning courses and there by the performances of the e learners will enhance accordingly.