As schools worked to address the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning has become more widely available. Online learning is provided in two general formats â asynchronous or synchronous.Â
 In a synchronous environment the teacher and student are online together at the same time, Hudson School District Chief Academic Officer Dave Grambow said. The student and teacher are interacting with each other live.Â
Synchronous learners spend as much time in the online environment as they would onsite.
In an asynchronous environment, the teacher and student are not online at the same time. Instead the student is doing their own learning at their own time, Grambow said. Asynchronous learning includes premade learning experiences, such as videos, discussion boards or shared Google docs.Â
As schools worked to address the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning has become more widely available. Online learning is provided in two general formats â asynchronous or synchronous.Â
In a synchronous environment the teacher and student are online together at the same time, Hudson School District Chief Academic Officer Dave Grambow said. The student and teacher are interacting with each other live.Â
Synchronous learners spend as much time in the online environment as they would onsite.
In an asynchronous environment, the teacher and student are not online at the same time. Instead the student is doing their own learning at their own time, Grambow said. Asynchronous learning includes premade learning experiences, such as videos, discussion boards or shared Google docs.Â