UDL, Access, and AI
I recommend this podcast episode because it features UDL leaders reflecting on real-world uses of generative AI. For example, using AI to create multiple formats, support executive functioning, and otherwise personalize learning for students with disabilities. They also review tools, such as https://goblin.tools/, that can support implementation of inclusive practices that utilize AI.
Thomas Tobin: Well, the key here is that it used to be up to the designer or the instructor to create and provide the multiple means of engagement, representation, action and expression for the learners, the 3.0 version of the universal design for learning guidelines recognizes that artificial intelligence and other tools now put the ability to create in everyone’s hands. So the verbs changed from provide to design. This acknowledges that we can both give UDL options and teach learners how to recognize and craft their own customized options as well. For example, before large language models came along, if I wanted a text version of a video clip or I wanted to hear it in another language. I had to rely on humans for those transformations. Now I can ask AI tools to create the alternatives I’d like, and then, and this last part is crucial, do a double check with the humans who have the skills to be able to say, yes, that’s accurate and trustworthy,