The objective of the study was to evaluate a didactic strategy based on teamwork and scientific debate in virtual groups, in the collaborative learning of mathematics in engineering students. The individual and group learning and the appreciation of the experience by the students arranged in 12 working groups were analyzed, within the context of health emergency. The results show that the didactic strategy favors the development of collaborative work that has a direct and significant relationship in the learning of mathematics of the students, who value the experience as very positive in terms of their learning.