Abstract
On a global level, there is a growing concern about the social and emotional well-being of children and youth growing up with digital media as an integrated part of their everyday lives, and how these digital transformations influence young persons' learning and development. Especially during the last five years, the topic of social and emotional aspects in new modes of human learning has become an important issue of research, policy and educational practices.
Social and emotional aspects of learning are of course not new within educational research. However, the developments of digital technologies have raised awareness of the importance of what is often referred to as well-being (or mental health) in addition to more cognitive aspects of learning.
At the same time these developments of social and emotional well-being with recent technological developments, especially concerning social media, point towards new modes of learning and conceptions of future developments of education. In this chapter we will introduce some key points and issues as reflected in recent literature in this field.
Next, we will address key discussion points from the social and emotional learning (SEL) thematic working group that met in Kyoto for EDUsummIT 2023. The last section will highlight some strategies, actions and outcomes from this work.