Our colleague, Dr. Don Gemeinhardt, recently wrote a piece where he touched on synchronized and asynchronized classrooms. Today, we look into this in more detail.

What is Asynchronous Learning?

It's student-centered, so it involves students learning on their own, at their own pace. The student works at their own time, in their own location. With asynchronous learning, the teacher will set work and resources, which the student will do by a certain date. 

What is Synchronous Learning?

This is where students are all learning the same thing at the same time - they are either together in-person, or together in an online group setting (such as a Zoom call or Google Meet). It can be the whole class or smaller groups, but the teacher is on the call or in the room to lead the discussion. 

Make it blended!

The ideal learning environment is to start the lesson together, with teachers explaining what is required and getting feedback from students. Following this, students should work alone on the work that is set, getting together at the end of the session to review what's been done. 

With IMPACT interactive displays, you can easily switch between Asynchronous and Synchronous Learning, making your classroom blended. We've put together a guide on the blended classroom, and you can download it here.