It is clear from the work we have done at Nesta that technology works best when it is tested and developed with the very teachers and students for whom it is meant. The commercial world of the technology industry and the world of education don’t collaborate as much as they should, but where they do there are big opportunities to have a real impact on learning.
One project we are involved with is the development of education technology that will transform the classroom experience for many young people with learning difficulties and enable teachers to give better feedback to students.
Real-time captioning and transcription has been used for some time in education, particularly in universities, to provide access to learning for deaf students. During a school trial in Australia, Ai-Media and the University of Melbourne noticed that as well as helping with access for these students, the teachers and other students in the class were also using the transcripts to review the lessons for revision and professional reflection on practice.
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