Affordances of Digital Technologies

Abstract

So, does investigating mathematical tasks in a digital environment influence the ways learners come to understand the mathematical ideas involved? How might the mathematical thinking and learning be different? Does the understanding evolve in alternative ways? To consider how learning and learning trajectories might differ when mathematical phenomena are engaged through digital pedagogical media, characteristics of that engagement need to be examined. In what ways might the learning experience be different from interacting with mathematical phenomena through other media such as paper-and-pencil? This section focuses on some common opportunities and constraints that ICT affords across a range of platforms and software.