ON AI USE & ADOPTION OUTSIDE EUROPE “The appetite to use AI is extremely strong, maybe counterintuitively, because in the Global South for instance many are still not digitally connected,” said Davin. However, a key motivator for many countries wanting to adopt AI is to improve the learning poverty in their respective countries. “I was talking to the Minister of Togo recently about
the use of AI. Someone from the audience raised some concerns about the risks of using AI and he responded that the learning poverty there means that 9 out of 10 kids are not learning what they should be at school – so he’s ready for risks if that’s the alternative.”
generative AI is being used to break down what type of learning is being accessed. It might be something in visual or video form instead of text, simplifying text, or something personalised and specific to an education intervention need, so it’s challenging us all to really think about what accessibility means in education. Is it accessibility of a physical barrier, social barrier, an emotional barrier or a task barrier? There are lots of different challenges for different people to overcome and I think [AI] can encourage us to be more creative in our approaches.”
ON DEVELOPING AI TOOLS FOR EDUCATION Space spoke on the challenge of contextualising tech innovations and AI for learning and education and talked about AI as a collaborative partner. “Building technology requires multiple iterations.
You have a vague idea, you learn, you iterate again. So it starts off with the idea that it’s not going to be right, but it’s going to be a bit better with every iteration,” explained Space. “I think one of the challenges in adopting
technology for a traditional education environment is there is the assumption that it works. You don’t take it onboard until it does work and you want to be sure it works. But, by the time you’re sure of it, several generations of that tech have passed by, especially with AI which has quite fundamentally changed again. I’m a massive fan of educators being part of what you build. But equally, we need to try and find the culture in schools to accept experimentation and expect some element of failure as everyone works together to try and make this right.” The only problem is that AI is evolving fast, added
Space. “We’re in a situation where the concrete hasn’t really settled yet and the foundations are still fluid and loose. If we wait for a year or two, until all the studies show that it’s fine, the foundations will be rock solid. Now is the time for educators and technologists to really work together to shape it. It’s quite a powerful moment.”
ON USING AI AND VR TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR WORK Kapsalis discussed how AI and immersive experiences are helping to prepare her students for work. “Sometimes, just taking a group of learners into a
work environment can be very high risk. It can also be very expensive, even just the most basic things like £300 to hire a coach can be a barrier. What we’re doing is working with employers and using 360 degree cameras to film those real work environments and bring them back to our Igloo – an immersive 360 degree projection pod. We’ve got some incredible content from the RAF Police, where learners can be in the environment of an aircraft carrier – we just couldn’t do that everyday. We even have site managers taking our learners through these high-risk construction sites.” She also demonstrated how her college is using
technologies to inspire creativity with immersive creative writing classrooms. “I had the privilege to sit in a GCSE English class
the other day, where students had to do some creative writing about a storm. Students were placed into a storm in our Igloo and the language and creativity produced was incredible. I don’t think you would have got that in a traditional classroom setting. So for me, accessibility means many things. Ultimately, it’s about making our learners have those rich experiences to believe in themselves and bring out the talent that’s within them.”
AI IN NUMBERS 57%
11% ONLY 31%
of teachers are using tools like Chat GPT for school work
have used an AI tool in a lesson
haven’t used AI at all
*Source: Teacher Tapp
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