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The types of available technologies used in distance education are divided into two groups: synchronous and asynchronous. Synchronous technology is a mode of online delivery where all participants are "present" at the same time. Requires a timetable to be organized. Asynchronous technology is a mode of online delivery where participants access course materials on their own schedule. Students are not required to be together at the same time.

Synchronous technologies
Telephone
Videoconferencing
Web Conferencing

Asynchronous technologies
Audiocassette
E-mail
Message Board Forums
Print Materials
Voice Mail/fax
Videocassette

There are also Learning Management Systems or Learning Management Content Systems which can be used for both Synchronous and Asynchronous learning. (LMS is not so much a learning tool as a framework for an instructor to better administer the classroom.)