{"id":917,"date":"2020-09-28T11:54:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T15:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/teachingresources\/?page_id=917"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:25:14","slug":"asynchronous-learning-tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/teaching-online\/asynchronous-learning-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Asynchronous Learning Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Asynchronous Learning Lessons\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to a synchronous approach to online teaching, you can consider leveraging asynchronous options. Courses with an asynchronous component can be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fully asynchronous \u2013 i.e., all mandatory course components are asynchronous; any synchronous components are optional, such as office hours.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blended or mixed modality \u2013 i.e., some mandatory course components are asynchronous, and some are synchronous.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To use asynchronous teaching and learning to your best advantage, consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>available conceptual models<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>available Brightspace tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For tips on synchronous learning tools, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/teachingresources\/teaching-with-technology\/synchronous-learning-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"conceptual-models-for-asynchronous-blended-learning\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conceptual Models for Asynchronous &amp; Blended Learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One model to help you design any learning experience, online or not, is <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/teachingresources\/course-design\/lesson-planning\/#sect3\">the \u201cCLAASS\u201d lesson planning model<\/a>. Essentially, the model provides a 6-step process for constructing a learning experience, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>C<\/strong>apture their attention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>L<\/strong>ead through to the learning outcomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A<\/strong>ssess previous knowledge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A<\/strong>ctivate new knowledge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>S<\/strong>olidify with assessment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>S<\/strong>ummarize<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While not every lesson we create will necessarily require each element, the CLAASS model prompts us to think about when and how we are doing things such as informing our students about our agenda and learning outcomes for the lesson, pre-assessing our students prior understanding of a topic, and\/or checking their understanding of new content that you\u2019ve introduced. As you build your online lesson, try to incorporate such elements into the asynchronous online experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the elements of the CLAASS model as our guide, we can sketch out a rough model for conceptualizing the online lesson experience, where (A) indicates an asynchronous element and (S) indicates a synchronous element:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-969\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-1-1.png 988w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-1-1-160x69.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-1-1-240x103.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-1-1-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-1-1-400x172.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-1-1-360x155.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 1: A Lesson Model for Online Learning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We can further break that down to models that are either entirely asynchronous or blended:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-966\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1115\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-3.png 1115w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-3-160x79.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-3-240x118.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-3-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-3-400x197.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-3-360x177.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1115px) 100vw, 1115px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 2: An Asynchronous Lesson Plan Model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-968\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1108\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-2.png 1108w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-2-160x76.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-2-240x115.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-2-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-2-400x191.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/asynchronous-pic-2-360x172.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1108px) 100vw, 1108px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 3: A Blended Lesson Plan Model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to a synchronous approach to online teaching, you can consider leveraging asynchronous options. Courses with an asynchronous component can be: To use asynchronous teaching and learning to your best advantage, consider: For tips on synchronous learning tools, check out this webpage. Conceptual Models for Asynchronous &amp; Blended Learning One model to help you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1032,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[30],"class_list":["post-917","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-teaching-online-courses"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1631,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/917\/revisions\/1631"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}