Synchronous versus Asynchronous Learning
I have taken approximently 12 classes online. They have all been asynchronous. Today is April 15, 2020. This course is one of six that the State Board of Education is providing free. The six courses providing knowledge on how to teach an online course. They are doing this (I think), because at this moment in time, we (as in the entire world) are living through a pandemic, the corona virus. Currently, schools are closed. Most colleges are continuing classes, but only online. My assumption is these online classes are asynchronous. I am having a hard time determining when a synchronous method is applied. I have heard the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) started to teach online. Maybe in this case, when you want to be in a building but can't be, the synchronous method should be used.
