Cyberschool

A cyberschool is an education program in which normal curriculum is taught over the internet.

This takes two forms:
(a) "asynchronous" learning - in which the student interacts with educators and peers using email and forums;

(b) "synchronous interaction" - the students and educators interact in real-time, in virtual classrooms. They might do this via text and microphones, or even using videoconferencing techniques (with a webcam).

Advantages and Disadvantages

One advantage of cyberschools is that a person does not have to travel to a real classroom to learn.
Disadvantages include that a person must be self motivated to learn as learning cannot be enforced via the internet in the asynchronous model; and for the synchronous model, "lack of socialization" is often quoted, but recent anecdotal evidence from live cyberschools indicates that, while socialization may be different, it is not lacking the basics of technology. There is so much technology helping cyberschools that it is a new thing.

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