June 10, 2011 - You’ve heard of synchronous e-learning. That’s when the teacher and the students get together “live” on the internet for lessons and discussions.   

You’ve heard of asynchronous e-learning. That’s when students take online courses on their own, at their own pace. 

But what do you call e-learning when a group of students and a teacher complete an online course together over a scheduled period with regular assignments—but don’t necessarily ever log on to the course at the same time?

At Virtual High School (www.goVHS.org) we’ve coined a new word for this style of scheduled, asynchronous learning.  We call it co-synchronous e-learning—and we believe it is the online learning model that provides the most authentic, collaborative learning experience for students.