Synchronous learning is a form of online learning that occurs when learners and instructors are interacting in real-time, typically through virtual delivery platforms such as remote labs, distance learning technologies, or videoconferencing platforms and chat, or through collaboration and social learning technologies. Also see: Asynchronous Learning.

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