With the advent of an explosion in technology, however, a vast array of modes of educational materials have made education at a distance not only popular but highly effective. Distance Education is also known as Distributed Education. 1 back to top Delivery Systems Synchronous delivery implies that the material is distributed while students and instructors are gathered, if not in the same location, at least at the same time.
Interaction takes place in real time with simultaneous feedback.
Asynchronous delivery implies that the material can be accessed by students at their own time and at their own convenience. This holds true for instructors as well. It is more flexible than synchronous delivery but some might say its process suffers from delayed feedback. In delivering educational material at a distance, a distinction must be made between media and technology. In deciding what type of media to design or use in your classroom, consider all or some of the following characteristics.