AI for accessibility and inclusion
British Dyslexia Association
29 February 2024
Prof Miles Berry
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Inclusion
ZPD
What the child is able to do in collaboration today he will be able to do independently tomorrow.
Vygotsky, 1978
3.6 To access the curriculum, early literacy provides fundamental knowledge; reading comprises two elements: word reading and language comprehension; systematic synthetic phonics is the most effective approach for teaching pupils to decode.
Adaptive teaching
Learn that technology, including educational software and assistive technology, can support teaching and learning for pupils with SEND.
Learn how to Provide opportunity for all pupils to experience success by … making effective and judicious use of specialist technology to support pupils with SEND.
Images
Dual coding?
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(Wikipedia)
Speech
Language
Terms and �conditions apply
There are limits
It doesn’t really understand
It doesn’t really think - problem* solving is a problem
It’s not your friend. It’s not a person
It’s not great at maths
It’s over-confident
It does make things up
GPTn are not up to date
Reliability costs
Prompting well
Completion
Primary content
Examples
Cue
Supporting content
Have a conversation!
Be clear and precise
Break the task down
Chain of thought
Persona
Fine tuning
The only way is ethics
Is it cheating if ChatGPT…
Explains something to you?
Gives you ideas for a story?
Suggests how to improve your story?
Writes the story for you?
Advice from UCAS
Mind and society
The child begins to perceive the world not only through his [or her] eyes but also through his [or her] speech
Vygotsky, 1978
Talk as the currency of learning
Talk is … the currency of learning — how we develop and shape our ideas, deepen our thinking, explore subject matter and share our thoughts and feelings.
Learning should be hard?
Learning is at its best, human beings are at their best, when they are challenged and overcome those challenges. AI will make life easy and strip away learning and teaching — unless we get ahead of it.
Non-cognitive skills
Self-perceptions
Motivation
Perseverance
Self-control
Metacognitive strategies
Social competencies
Resilience and coping
Creativity
Any questions?
m.berry@roehampton.ac.uk
0208 392 3241
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