In class this week we talked about distributed learning. Distributed learning is what allows students and teachers to be online in different places while still learning the same content together, its the model of learning we have been doing throughout the pandemic. There are two different methods: synchronous and asynchronous. Synchronous learning is the type I am most familiar with as it is the method most of my professors have used, synchronous means that both teacher and students are online together at the same time: this is done over a tool scubas zoom. whereas asynchronous is when the teacher and students interact with the content at separate times, and in separate locations.

We discussed the positives and negatives of distributed learning and for me the biggest positive is the lack of commute or better the fact I can sleep in even later (I am not a morning person!), with this method of learning I am able to do my classes in my PJ’s with my morning coffee. On the other hand the largest negative for me would be how much time I spend staring at a screen because; all my classes are online, all the readings are online and all the assignments are done online, I spend a minimum of 20 hours a week on my computer just for school. I have endured more migraines over this past year than all previous put together.