Synchronous learning uses technology like video conferencing to allow real-time interaction between students and teachers, as opposed to traditional asynchronous online learning which is not in real-time. The rise of computers and the internet has modernized classrooms and led to more students taking online or hybrid courses, with teachers now demanding online environments that promote more engagement and interaction between students.

1. Synchronous Learning in
Education
By: Jarrett Landor-Ngemi

2. INTRODUCTION
Prior to the beginning
of technology in the
classroom, the
traditional classroom
dynamic comprised a
chalkboard, a lecture,
a teacher handout,
and the occasional
group assignments
(Woo Reeves 2007)

3. INTRODUCTION
Due to the rise of computers, instructional
technology, wireless communities and
electronic email, the classroom dynamic
has become modernized (Dornisch
Sperling, 2006)

4. INTRODUCTION
According to the NCES
report (2003) there were
an estimated 3,077,000
students registered for
web-based instruction
classes offered by 2 and 4
year higher education
institutions (Moore
Kearsley, 2005)

5. INTRODUCTOIN
Today almost all institutions of higher
learning offer a form of online based
instruction (Saba, 2005).