WK.7 Personal Reflection: Synchronous & Asynchronous

Synchronous and Asynchronous

In synchronous Web Base Training (WBT), learners meet together with instructor in a shared virtual space. The instructor often uses a main room to present material using a combination of text, audio, and video. Many of this process occur in real-time, and participants can use secondary channels to ask questions, make observations, and share experiences. Instructors can present individual or group exercises, monitors the participant’s progress, and provide feedback.
In reflecting to class discussion, most of discussion was base on pros and cons of synchronous and asynchronous in related to education and curriculum. However, most of the tools are very complex in using without adequate knowledge of delivering the technology. There is much software that is available for delivering various courses base on Synchronous method; the tools provide opportunity to reach various students in multiple locations simultaneously.
Now, I started reading more about this topic, so I can use it for my multimedia presentation, and later provide a link to be included in my blog. My favorite synchronous tools will be chat and web conferencing, we have many applications develop for these purpose. The limitation is that of the cost aspect and time setting the application, apart from this, this emerging technology is the future of communication and collaboration of distance learning in virtual space.


References:
Alessi, S.M. & Trollip, S.R. (2001). Multimedia for learning: Methods and development (3rd ed.) Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.