Deaf education lecturers at the University of Manchester have been using the “Swivl robot” to help assess its trainee teachers on placements in schools.
Swivl is a robotic turntable that hosts a tablet device. This is then positioned in the classroom and turns to follow people talking, before uploading video for streaming or later viewing.
The reason it is being used for deaf education training is because of the wide geographical spread of placements, making it difficult for qualified assessors to get to them regularly.
Course leader Professor Wendy McCracken, the only professor of the education of the deaf in the UK, said: “There is a chronic shortage of teachers qualified to teach deaf children, but our teaching requires students to be monitored while giving classes on placement.
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