The SAMR Model: Transforming Your Students' Learning Environment through Effective Technology
Screenshot from Transformation, Technology, and Education Presentation The SAMR model guides edtech specialists and teachers in designing technology-integrated units to transform the learning environment. It is also a reflective tool for teachers to fine-tune their practices and pedagogy that involve technology. Dr. Ruben Puentedura , a consultant in education technology, developed the SAMR model to categorize technology usage into four technological levels: substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition. The Substitution level is the lowest level of technology usage in the model. Students use a technology that replaces a traditional tool, but results in no change in functionality. In the Augmentation level, a traditional tool is also replaced with a new technology, but the result is a small enhancement in functionality. The Modification level, however, is the first level that exhibits transformation in a learning environment. This level of technological use alters th...