The Use of Modern Information and Communication Technologies in Student’s Personal Education - SAMR Model

Abstract

The article describes research on the use of computer and information technologies by students during their self-study. The research was based on the SAMR model, which differentiates the level of new media use into 4 levels: Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition. The creator of the SAMR model (Puentedura) considered it useful in the context of STEM learning. Fifty-one students of natural sciences took part in the research. It was assumed as a research hypothesis that students (people belonging to generation Z, so-called “digital natives”) are fluent in using new media in the process of their own education. Their level of media use was assumed to be R (or possibly M). Unfortunately, the results of the research did not confirm the hypothesis. Along with moving to a higher and higher level in the SAMR model, the number of students using computer tools and programs at a given level decreased.