Over the course of our program, we have been looking at how new technology is accepted into our teaching. Two models that are similar are the Educational Theory and Practice ( ETAP) and Substitution - Augmentation - Modification - Redefinition (SAMR) model. Both models reflect how when technology is introduced, both teachers and students move through a series of levels dependent upon how the technology is being used.
Diffusion of Innovation tracks the journey of usage of a new product or technology from inception to end of product life. The model follows the product through five stages. The first two stages are the innovation stage where it is designed, prototyped, tested, followed by the early adoption stage where those who are looking for change or new things adopts the product. The people who are in these stages tend to be the leaders, thinkers, and those who want to be first. The product will take a life on its own and then will no longer be in favor: known as the late adoption stage and laggard stage.
What is interesting is comparing these two models, I see them being as opposites. The first stage in the DOI model is comparable to the last stages in the SAMR and one other model: EATP. The innovators are the ones who can change, modify, and create new uses for the product. In the SAMR model, the last or final stage is the innovation stage. The stages are flipped. In addition, the last stages of the Diffusion model has some comparison to the first stage of SAMR or Substitution. Their is resistance to to use the product and only when there is a strong intrinsic benefit such as saving time, makes it fun,or they will make more money using it.
What would make in interesting study is where teachers are on the stages of DOI and SAMR in relation to all the new requirements such as common core for ELA, Math, Next Generation Science Standards that have recently been adopted by California and how technology is used with content.
What is interesting is comparing these two models, I see them being as opposites. The first stage in the DOI model is comparable to the last stages in the SAMR and one other model: EATP. The innovators are the ones who can change, modify, and create new uses for the product. In the SAMR model, the last or final stage is the innovation stage. The stages are flipped. In addition, the last stages of the Diffusion model has some comparison to the first stage of SAMR or Substitution. Their is resistance to to use the product and only when there is a strong intrinsic benefit such as saving time, makes it fun,or they will make more money using it.
What would make in interesting study is where teachers are on the stages of DOI and SAMR in relation to all the new requirements such as common core for ELA, Math, Next Generation Science Standards that have recently been adopted by California and how technology is used with content.