2. Synchronous tools
 Allow for real time communication and collaboration regardless of
place
 Responses are immediate
 Collaboration is more interactive
 Can be difficult to co ordinate different time zones and schedules
 Synchronous tools
 Video conferencing
 Audio conferencing
 Chat
 Instant messaging
 Web conferencing

3. Asynchronous tools
 Allow for time delayed communication and collaboration
regardless of place
 Delay in responses
 Information can be accessed at a time convenient to
participants
 Information can be digested and put into context
 Asynchronous tools
 Narrated slideshows
 Email
 Blogs

4. References
 http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/articledetail.cfm?ite
mnumber=13572
 http://academictech.doit.wisc.edu/ideas/otr/communicati
on/asynchronous-synchronous