Hello and welcome back to the IROSS Blog!
This week we are here today to talk about Multimedia and its multi-learning opportunities. It’s the 21st century whether you like it or not, but I am sure with modern medicine and the advancements human’s have made to quality of life you do like it!

During Week 4 I explored and learned about:
The SAMR theory of technology adoption which describes the different levels of technology integration in education.
SAMR is divided into two categories,
Transformation and Enhancement.
Enhancement simply put is just how we use technology to enhance learning!
Transformation is how we transform learning and this one is pretty important because this use of technology creates new styles of education that were not possible before the technology.

The first letter in SAMR is Substitution which is in the ENHANCEMENT category, substitution is your basic well substitution. Instead reading from a book it’s reading from a screen, completing a worksheet online instead of by hand. No functional change just a different format of the same thing.

The second latter in SAMR is augmentation which is in the ENHANCEMENT category, augmentation is basically added a little extra to the learning experience from example instead of a traditional paper flowchart this augmented one is animated an animated flowchart. Same experience but a little extra to help enhance the learning experience.

The third letter in SAMR is Modification which is in the TRANSFORMATION category, modification is where things start to deviate from enhancements on the traditional methods. For example students collaborating in real time on Google docs from afar is an example of modification as its something that previously impossible without the technology.

The final letter in SAMR is Redefinition which is in the TRANSFORMATION category, redefinition is the pinnacle how technology can transform a learning experience, creating an experience that’s impossible without the technology. An example of this would be conversing via video chat with native Spanish speakers from across the globe in a Spanish class.


Fun facts I learned!
Multimedia learning is much older than I expected! A picture book is multimedia learning! Check out one of the first picture books!
Orbis Pictus – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbis_Pictus

And remember technology is only a tool, it does not replace the educator, it only empowers them!

Till next time!

IROSS