Beyond the AI Add-On: Using SAMR to Rethink Teaching and Learning

How do we move from simply using AI in our classrooms to thinking more intentionally about what it makes possible for teaching and learning? In this interactive workshop, we’ll use the SAMR model of educational technology integration to examine different ways AI can intersect with course activities and assignments, from Substitution and Augmentation to Modification and Redefinition. Through examples and discussion, participants will consider where their own uses of AI might fall within the model and where opportunities exist to rethink learning experiences in ways that weren’t previously possible.

We’ll also consider the limits of SAMR, including an important reminder: transformation isn’t always the goal. Participants will leave with a practical framework for making more intentional decisions about where, when, and why AI belongs in their teaching.