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WorksheetsSAMR Model Applications
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 15mins
A professor replaces a traditional paper-based syllabus with a digital PDF version emailed to students. The content and structure of the syllabus remain exactly the same. Which level of the SAMR Model best describes this technology integration?
Augmentation
Modification
Substitution
Redefinition
Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the primary impact of technology integration at the Augmentation level of the SAMR Model?
Technology allows for the creation of new tasks previously inconceivable without it.
Technology fundamentally transforms the learning task by significantly altering its complexity and scope.
Technology enhances a task by providing a functional improvement or efficiency, but the core task remains the same.
Technology is used as a direct tool substitute with no functional change.
A high school history teacher uses Google Docs for collaborative essay writing, allowing students to use the spell-check feature and share instant peer feedback via the comments function. While the essay writing process is made more efficient, the core assignment (writing a historical analysis essay) remains unchanged. Which SAMR level most closely aligns with this activity?
Redefinition
Modification
Substitution
Augmentation
A college course requires students to create a group presentation. The instructor could have students create a standard slide show, but instead, they require students to build a comprehensive, public-facing website using a free platform that includes embedded interactive maps, video interviews, and a searchable database of primary sources. This task was impossible to assign without the web development technology. This scenario best exemplifies which SAMR level?
Substitution
Augmentation
Modification
Redefinition
A key difference between the Substitution and Augmentation levels is that:
Augmentation involves a fundamental redesign of the task, whereas Substitution does not.
Substitution involves a functional improvement, whereas Augmentation is merely a direct tool substitute.
Augmentation provides a functional improvement (efficiency/enhancement), while Substitution involves using technology as a direct tool substitute with no functional change.
Substitution represents the creation of a new, previously impossible task, whereas Augmentation does not.
A task is fundamentally redesigned, allowing students to move from writing a local book review to publishing an open-access e-book with a global audience for a specific learning outcome. Which SAMR level is most likely to foster deeper, more authentic student learning by significantly altering the learning task?
Substitution
Augmentation
Modification
All levels foster equally deep learning.
The Modification and Redefinition levels are considered "transformative" because they:
Focus on replacing old tools with new digital ones without changing the task.
Primarily enhance the efficiency and speed of completing the original task.
Enable significant task redesign, creating tasks that were previously inconceivable or substantially improving upon the original.
Maintain the core learning task while adding minor digital enhancements.
A professor wants students to create a virtual, interactive 3D model of a complex machine part, rather than just sketching it on paper. The primary learning outcome is visualizing the internal workings. Which SAMR level should the professor justify for this activity to meet the desired outcome of enhanced visualization and complex interaction?
Substitution, because they are just replacing paper with a screen.
Augmentation, because the 3D model is functionally better than a sketch.
Redefinition, because creating a 3D model allows for tasks previously impossible, such as virtual component testing.
Modification, because the task is fundamentally redesigned to allow for interaction and multi-angle viewing, which significantly alters the learning task.
To strategically move a lecture-based introduction (Substitution) to a higher SAMR level to foster deeper student learning, a professor decides to have students collaboratively annotate primary source documents online and then immediately use the annotations to generate a live, real-time shared digital concept map. This move from Substitution to which level would represent the most significant jump in task complexity and student agency?
Augmentation
Modification
Redefinition
The task is still at the Substitution level.
Which scenario best represents an instructional activity at the Redefinition level that was previously impossible without the technology?
Students use a word processor instead of a typewriter to write a research paper, including the use of auto-citations.
Students create a collaborative class wiki that summarizes their learning and is published for peer review by experts outside the university.
Students use presentation software to display their findings instead of an overhead projector.
Students access online practice quizzes that give immediate feedback on multiple-choice questions.
