Abstract:

Currently, students from the generation for whom the world does not exist without the Internet are starting to study at our universities. Although these students are good at multitasking, they know how to efficiently find solutions to problems, and they move skillfully in the world of social networks, but they are often overwhelmed by a lot of data from which they cannot choose the necessary information. They lose the ability to learn independently. Therefore, education at universities is currently undergoing a significant transformation. Not only the curriculum is being transformed, but also the methods and approaches to imparting knowledge with an effort to respect the individuality of this upcoming generation.

Our team focuses on teaching mathematical subjects at the two largest technical universities in Slovakia - Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and Technical University of Košice. The goal of our work is to provide students, in addition to theoretical mathematical knowledge, algorithms and procedures for correctly finding a solution, as well as adequate acquisition of mathematical content, which is necessary for a correct understanding of subsequent technical disciplines. Therefore, after various transformations of the curriculum and the creation of various e-learning educational supports, we decided to rework the mathematical subjects and implement the principles of Hybrid learning and eduScrum into the education of students.

In the article, we describe the experience of introducing these principles into the subject Basics of Mathematics I, which students take in the first year of their studies. This was the first year of teaching of the subject in an innovative way. In the given year, we created an experimental group of students for whom part of the in-person teaching was conducted based on the principles of the eduScrum framework. EduScrum is an active form of collaboration, with the help of which students solve so-called micro-projects in teams.

This method of teaching to a large extent modifies the way of working in classes. The need to create teams so that they are able to progress, cooperate and successfully solve assigned tasks proved to be the key. In the article, we point out this issue and discuss the appropriate methodology for building teams. We compare the results achieved by students in the experimental group with other students. We address the question and methodology of creating suitable teams.

Keywords:

Didactics, education, mathematics, eduScrum, study material, Hybrid learning.