International Round Table “Digital Didactics Technologies in Teaching Mathematical Disciplines: Trends, Prospects, and Experience”

On December 11, the international round table “Digital Didactics Technologies in Teaching Mathematical Disciplines: Trends, Prospects, and Experience” was held.

The event was organized and conducted by the faculty of the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the Faculty of Technical Service in the Agro-Industrial Complex: Natalia Viktorovna Shchukina; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Olga Viroslavovna Korchinskaya, Oksana Borisovna Smirnova, and Natalia Dmitrievna Kharitonova, Senior Lecturers.

The meeting was timed to coincide with Mathematician’s Day, celebrated on December 1 starting from 2024 on the initiative of Academician V.A. Sadovnichy, Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The round table gathered scholars from Omsk (Russia), Novosibirsk (Russia), Moscow (Russia), and Gomel (Republic of Belarus).

With her welcoming address Natalia Viktorovna Shchukina, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, emphasized that the key goal of the meeting was the exchange of knowledge and practices in the context of integrating digital technologies into the educational process.

Specialized educational technologies of digital didactics were presented in the report “Augmented Reality Systems in Teaching Mathematical Disciplines” by Denis Vladimirovich Solomatin, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Mathematics and Methods of Teaching Mathematics at Omsk State Pedagogical University.

Online courses as part of the digital educational environment were addressed by colleagues from the Russian State Agrarian University – K.A. Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy in the following presentations: “Digital Didactics Based on GetCourse and Bizon 365: Effective Tools for Teaching Mathematics” by Aray Bosankyzy Zhanys, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Higher Mathematics; and “The Pros and Cons of Open Online Courses” by Pavel Vladimirovich Kiiko, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Higher Mathematics.

During discussions, participants drew attention to the challenges of working with the “digital generation” and raised the question of how to teach mathematics at universities where the subject is viewed primarily as a tool for solving professional tasks. Insights on this matter were shared by Sergey Petrovich Novikov, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor, and Head of the Department of Higher Mathematics at the Belarusian State University of Transport, in his report “Generalizing the Experience of Improving the Mathematical Training of Students at Technical Universities in Belarus and Russia”; and by Oleg Vladimirovich Gatelyuk, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Higher Mathematics and the Department of Information Security at Omsk State Transport University, in his report “On the Specifics of Teaching Mathematics to Electrical Engineering Majors.”

As Sergey Petrovich noted, one of the main issues lies in the gap between students’ actual and required levels of mathematical training. He shared his experience of organizing various olympiads and classes for gifted students. In conclusion, he stressed the value of the present event, as it not only helps identify talented school students but also fosters their interest in advanced mathematics, ultimately contributing to improved mathematical training at the university level.

Experience in working with the Moodle electronic learning environment was presented by Natalia Valeryevna Konstantinovskaya, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Mathematics at Novosibirsk State Medical University of the Russian Ministry of Health (“Teaching Mathematics at a Medical University: Challenges and Solutions”) and Oksana Borisovna Smirnova, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Omsk State Agrarian University (“Experience of Teaching Mathematics to Non-Mathematical Majors”).

Throughout the round table, participants actively discussed the reports, asked questions, and exchanged opinions. In conclusion, the participants emphasized the need to further study the creation of a comprehensive digital educational environment and highlighted the importance of continuing to develop digital competencies among both students and faculty.

University faculty expressed hope for further cooperation. Sergey Petrovich Novikov invited the participants to take part in the upcoming scientific conference planned for autumn 2025, co-initiated by the Department of Higher Mathematics at the Belarusian State University of Transport (Gomel, Belarus).

The Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences extends its gratitude to Vladimir Vasilievich Korchinsky, Engineer-Laboratory Assistant of the 1st category at the Department of Geodesy and Remote Sensing, Faculty of Land Management, for his technical support of the event.