Modality Type

Description

Traditional Face to Face

Instructor and participants meet in person at a regular scheduled time in the same physical space.

On-line Synchronous

Instructor and participants meet at a regular schedule time on-line.

On-line Asynchronous

Self-paced, instructor and participant interactions occur (e.g., discussion threads and pre-recorded lectures) without required meeting times.

Web-based

Self-paced, participant completes the learning event with little to no instructor or peer student interaction.

Hybrid Synchronous

Participants have the option to attend face to face in the same physical space or attend on-line during the regular schedule time for the class.

Blended Synchronous

The course it designed so that it requires a blend of attendance, some dates the instructors and the participants are required to meet synchronously on-line and on other dates require meeting face to face in the same physical space.