TEACHING is the act of making knowledge accessible to others.
A teacher is a knowledgeable individual who is willing to place communication of knowledge to others before any personal need to appear smarter than the students.
Unfortunately, most teachers begin their careers deeply in fear of being found inadequate by their supervisors and/or students. This fear often manifests itself in instructors as an attempt at superiority over students and is usually characterized by using acronyms and professional terms without adequate explanation or by delivering a massive information bomb. We tend to compensate for this very real fear by attempting to show how much we know.
Fortunately, most of us eventually realize our supervisors and students are mostly grateful for our efforts.
When teachers mature to the point that they realize for teaching to occur there must also be learning, they are ready to take on the task of making knowledge accessible to others.
One of the most useful digital tools for assisting instructors to make learning accessible to students with learning disabilities is Artificial Intelligence (AI). There are a number of programs online for using AI including ChatGPT, Claude, etc. You can easily download a program but keep in mind that not all AI is free!
Another thing to keep in mind is that not all the information you receive will be accurate so fact checking is as must. But for basic knowledge of things you don’t dream of knowing or imagining, AI is as great first step.
This course will mention using AI for specific tasks from time to time but it is not a course on using AI. The courses offered by the Real Estate Educator’s Association are excellent, relatively low cost and are specifically meant for real estate instruction. Information about the courses can be found at www.reea.org.
With these caveats in mind, AI can be an excellent tool for adding learning activities to your course presentation, even when teaching mandated courses supplied by the vendor. AI programs can simplify content statements, reduce, explain or remove unnecessary jargon, create bullet points, etc.
In other words, take the course material and reduce the cognitive load for the students. It can perform these tasks much more efficiently if the suspected learning disabilities are named, for example, dyslexia, identified by type; processing speed, etc.
“For Teaching To Occur,
There Must Be Learning.”
Carmel Streater
