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OSAMR reference · where each part happens

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Did AI clear the way — or did AI do the work?

That is the only question behind both halves of today. This page holds the scale and says where each part happens.

Today, in two parts

1

Sort — on the slides

I show one real classroom AI move at a time. Your table decides which letter it lands on and drops just that letter in the chat. Nothing to open — watch the screen.

2

Build — on your device

A teacher tells you what they need. Your group writes the AI prompt that gets it, at one level of the scale, then posts it to Padlet.

Open the build activity →

The OSAMR scale

Not a ranking. The goal is the honest letter, not the highest one.

O

Overreliance

AI did the thinking students were supposed to do. Nothing is left to figure out.

S

Substitution

AI swaps in one support. The task itself is unchanged.

A

Augmentation

AI adds help. The task gets clearer — it does not get solved.

M

Modification

The task works differently now. Students still learn the same thing.

R

Redefinition

Students can do work that was not possible before.

The test that settles most arguments

Does the support do the part you are actually grading? If yes, it is Overreliance — however good the materials look. If no, the only question left is how far the task itself moved.

Barrier removed. Thinking preserved. Target unchanged.