The Impact of Digital Technologies on Self-Learning in Mathematics

During the pandemic, digital technologies had a major impact on self-directed learning in mathematics. Without digital skills and self-directed learning, everyday learning is unthinkable, as learning in 2020 has largely taken place remotely. It is important for students to acquire these skills in order to learn fully and qualitatively at a distance. These acquired skills are and will be useful in full-time studies and later in life. Digital literacy allows the student to develop self-directed learning and self-directed learning develops digital literacy. Both of these skills are interrelated and help you learn math. The student's skills are greatly influenced by internal and external life factors, which unfortunately cannot be influenced by the educational institution. Thus, these negative factors also affect the student's motivation and discipline for learning and learning outcomes are low. The research analyzes the scientific literature and emphasizes the author's personal experience.


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Summary
The importance of digital technology in our lives is becoming increasingly important. Our daily lives are unimaginable without them. Also in today's education, the use of digital technology is very important. In order for students to be interested in learning, they need to be offered methods that are binding on them, such as digital materials.
When starting the new curriculum in Latvia, students need to develop skills that will be useful to them in the future. Equally important and engaging skills are self-directed learning and digital literacy. Both of these skills are important in learning mathematics because they helped and make learning this subject much easier during a pandemic. The time of the pandemic also helped students to develop these skills, as the training took place at a distance.
Digital literacy is a skill that a person is able to apply using digital technologies. It is important for face-to-face or distance learning.
Self-directed learning is the ability to work independently. Take responsibility and be motivated to take certain actions. During distance learning, students had to apply this skill on a daily basis. In full-time teaching, the teacher supervised the process of whether the work was being done, but during distance learning, students had to complete the tasks without a teacher. For self-directed learning to be effective, students need to be motivated, focused, and develop their own learning strategy. Self-directed learning is influenced by external circumstances (family, friends) or internal factors (mood, emotions, needs) that the teacher or school staff cannot influence. Studies show that girls are much more disciplined.
Digital literacy and self-directed learning play an important role in learning mathematics. In order for a student to successfully master any subject, he or she needs a positive attitude. If the student is in a positive mood, he will be focused on learning and learning outcomes will be good. The learning environment is important for the student's attitude towards learning. When entering school, the student must feel good and belong to this place. The learning environment provided by digital technologies makes the learning process more interesting and engaging for students.
Digital literacy develops students' knowledge, creativity and desire to learn and develop. Self-directed learning and digital literacy are interlinked, as both tend to achieve a specific goal. If the student has a clear lesson goal, the student will be able to cope with the specific task using these specific skills.
During the remote process, the author observed that not all students coped with their studies because many lacked the motivation to work independently. Motivation is important for learning math, because a motivated student will achieve much more than an unmotivated student.
Self-directed learning in mathematics has always been important, but digital literacy has become the most relevant skill of this century, where it is necessary to develop and improve it in order to be able to compete in the labor market with its knowledge in the future.
If students develop these life skills, they will make learning math much easier. The learning environment must be modern and equipped with digital technologies to engage and motivate students to learn.