E-learning fits into two categories:
- Synchronous
- Asynchronous
- Synchronous E-learning imitates a classroom, which means classes take place in real-time and connect instructors and students via streaming audio or video or through a chat room.
- Asynchronous E-learning lets a student access prepackaged training on his own time, working at his own pace and communicating with the instructor or other students through e-mail.
