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== Synchronous vs asynchronous conferencing ==
Both synchronous and [[asynchronous conferencing]] are [[online conferencing]] where the participants can interact while being physically located at different places in the world. Asynchronous conferencing allows the students to access the learning material at their convenience while synchronous conferencing requires that all participants including the instructor and the students be online at the time of the conference.<ref name="ref 01"/>

While synchronous conferencing enables real-time interaction of the participants, asynchronous conferencing allows participants to post messages and others can respond to it at any convenient time. Sometimes a combination of both synchronous and asynchronous conferencing is used. Both methods give a permanent record of the conference.<ref name="Ref 02">{{cite web|title=What is online conferencing?|url=http://www.online-conference.net/what.htm|website=Online Conferencing|accessdate=23 September 2015}}</ref>