Accessibility and support.
WHERE IT GENUINELY HELPS
Producing material at different reading levels Explaining the same concept several ways Text to speech and speech to text Simplifying complex instructions Translating for students learning the language of instruction
FOR ACCESSIBILITY
A student who struggles with dense text benefits from a simplified version.
Producing that manually for every resource is impractical. AI makes it feasible.
FOR STUDENTS WITH WRITING DIFFICULTIES
Speech to text, and assistance structuring their own ideas.
That supports expression rather than replacing thinking.
WHERE THE LINE SITS
Supporting a student to express their own understanding: appropriate.
Producing the understanding for them: not.
WHAT TO BE CAREFUL WITH
Data about students with additional needs is sensitive Assumptions about what a student needs Reducing human support because a tool exists
WHAT IT DOES NOT REPLACE
Specialist assessment and support.
WHAT TO ESTABLISH
Institutional policy on assistive AI use in assessment.
