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What is Synchronous Activity/Communication

Chapter 229
Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
Online learning activities occur in the same-chronological time frame. Examples of synchronous activities would be instant messaging, videoconferencing and chat.
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Operational Performance Guidelines for Online Instructors
Lawrence C. Ragan (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch229
Abstract
Demand for online education continues to grow as technology provides viable methods for the delivery of a wide range of learning experiences. The growth in online education is largely driven by learner demand for flexibility and convenience, and widespread institutional response to meet that demand. According to Online Nation: Five Years of Growth in Online Learning, (Allen and Seaman, 2007), “The number of students taking at least one online course continues to expand at a rate far in excess of the growth of overall higher education enrollments. The most recent estimate, for fall 2006, places this number at 3.48 million online students, an increase of 9.7 percent over the previous year” (p. 5). According to Allen and Seaman (2007), more than two-thirds of all higher education institutions offer online programming, the majority of which expect to see a mean-growth of 30% in enrollments (p. 11).
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