ABSTRACT
Online learning presents a unique set of challenges for teachers and students. To utilize online learning to its fullest potential, it is necessary that both students and teachers take advantage of the unique opportunities available in an online classroom such as collaboration tools, internet-housed resources, and simulations. As students increasingly embark on online learning experiences, the benefits, struggles, and unique attributes of teaching and learning mathematics online will continue to evolve. Online learning presents unique opportunities, experiences, and challenges for teachers and students. While pacing and locational flexibility are praised as benefits of online learning, 21st-century skills and self-promoted learning were also cited as benefits of online mathematics courses by the study of practitioners’ participants. Online learning has many benefits, but learning mathematics online also causes some difficulties for teachers and students. The chapter also presents some of the key concepts discussed in this book.
