Asynchronous study has emerged as an essential feature of teaching and learning in higher education. Curriculum designers build in asynchronous activities as part of students’ journey to achieving ...

If you’ve heard about asynchronous learning and wondered what it’s all about, you’re not alone. The good news is, it’s a complicated phrase for an idea that’s actually pretty simple: no set class ...

Mary Nestor, Millie Tullis and James Butler write that a recent opinion essay presented a distorted view of the possibilities of asynchronous course design. Many institutions now offer effective ...

Self-directed learning has worked in higher education for a long time, but K–12 schools are now adopting this model. Here’s how they can get started. Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh. A ...

I keep hearing the same complaint from parents: “I don’t want my children on these long videoconference calls. It is making them miserable.” These long, synchronous classroom calls which have become ...

The Portland Association of Teachers is proposing one "asynchronous" learning day per week for high school students, with one early-start or late-release day per week for students in kindergarten ...