We know how important it is that learners are encouraged to interact on their Learning Management Systems. Social learning is one of the main ways in which we learn, after all – without social interactions, we skip an important aspect of knowledge acquisition and may end up not cementing the learning content sufficiently… and all our hard work will be for nothing!
Social learning on the Academy LMS can take a variety of formats, from instant chat to forum-style interactions. The main differences are whether interaction is encouraged synchronously, i.e. in real time, or asynchronously, not in real time. Research has shown that, generally speaking, synchronous tools are better at engaging learners and generating a culture of interactivity than asynchronous tools.
Tags: asynchronous • social learning • synchronous