Issues and Trends of Information-Communication Technology Incorporation in Mathematics Education

Abstract

University education is significantly affected by the global pandemic caused by Covid-19. Opportunities for maintaining or improving the quality of current mathematics education are associated with the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) in university studies. Methods and forms of e-learning have impact on the content and the course of key phases of the educational process: motivation, curriculum exposure, fixation, and knowledge diagnosis. In the paper, we focused on selected issues and trends of incorporation of ICT in the mathematics teaching. Analysis of pedagogical aspects and measuring the outcomes of education in the context of ICT support belong to the basis of changes for improving the quality of mathematics education. Research material and data were obtained from teaching process at the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. We concentrated on methodology of teaching with the support of ICT during the distance education introduced because of the pandemic. Obtained results showed that both students and teachers have successfully mastered the new technologies needed for distance learning, especially tools of the platform MS Teams for the face-to-face-learning. Comparison of the level of mathematical knowledge was realized in the sample of selected tasks of linear algebra and exam grades of two compulsory mathematical study subjects.