Spring Course Design Refresh: SAMR & TPACK Quick-Start

As you prepare for the spring semester, take a fresh look at how technology fits into your course design. This practical workshop introduces two complementary frameworks for making more intentional instructional technology choices: SAMR, which helps us consider what technology changes about a learning experience, and TPACK, which helps us consider how technology fits with our content and pedagogical goals.

Through examples, discussion, and guided reflection, participants will apply these frameworks to an assignment, activity, or course practice of their own. Whether you’re incorporating AI, revisiting familiar educational technologies, or simply wondering whether a particular tool is adding meaningful value, you’ll leave with two practical lenses for making technology choices that support rather than drive learning.

Bring an assignment, activity, or course practice you’d like to revisit.