Synchronization

(noun)

The process of aligning all inputs to optimize output.

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Examples of Synchronization in the following topics:

  • Understanding Current Trends in Technology

    • Understanding current technologies and trends allows a company to align and synchronize operations to optimize returns on innovation.
    • Alignment is only the first step: the next step is synchronization.
    • Like alignment, synchronization enables execution, but it also helps companies develop the capacity to anticipate and adapt future business models and strategies.
    • Taken together, these four dimensions applied to alignment and synchronization of new technology can help businesses keep up with or ever stay ahead of current technologies and trends.

  • Interview Followup

    • If you used an online synchronous or asynchronous interview method, you will already have a transcript or archive of the content, but will need to reliably summarize the responses to your interview questions.
    • If you have interviewed synchronously one or two experts in person, telephone, or video conference, then you will want to listen to the recording of the interview and mark points of interest .
    • Online synchronous interviews use simple text chat functions that can be recorded or archived for later analysis.
    • If you have conducted an online synchronous interview using chat, make sure you have actually activated the archive feature so that you have a recorded transcript of the chat and are able to review each of the questions and responses at a later time.

  • CMC and Education

    • Some technologies allow for synchronous and asynchronous communications, others simulate classroom learning environments, while still others can be targeted to specific educational theories and learning styles.

  • Computer Mediated Communication

    • It is an ideal delivery mode for individuals in different geographical locations and time zones, or even those whose work schedules or other obligations have kept them from furthering their education.It is also more of a leveler than either face-to-face or synchronous communication because all participants have an equal opportunity to contribute, and those who have trouble speaking up in traditional face-to-face classes because of language differences or other reasons can take time drafting a thoughtful written reply (Mitchell, 2002).
    • Synchronous interaction requires the learner and instructor being online at the same time and communicating in real-time.Efficient synchronous communication tools are a more recent development and include: shared whiteboards and live presentation tools, learner control tools including hand raising, approval feedback and audio/video control, live assessment testing and voting, breakout rooms for smaller groups, real-time chat, instant messaging technology, voice streaming, video conferencing and webcasting.Systems such as HorizonLive/Wimba and Centra include many of these tools (see illustration below).
    • Synchronous classroom interaction allows students to obtain real-time, interactive feedback on their ideas and clarification of facts as well as opportunities for collaboration with their classmates using small group discussion rooms.It allows guest speakers to address the class remotely from their own computers.Classes taught using synchronous technologies also have a higher motivation and completion rate than asynchronous ones (Hiltz, 2002).
    • The disadvantages of synchronous learning are logistics and the limitation of time.All parties must be online at the same time, which may be difficult for those in widely-dispersed time zones.Also, synchronous communication works well for short sessions, but can be problematic for longer periods, with individual attention and learning decreasing rapidly.In a classroom setting, the degree of interactivity within an actual live session is controlled by the instructor and as the number of students increases, the interaction process becomes harder to manage; so that fewer students can be effectively managed in a synchronous course than in an asynchronous course (Easton, 2003).
    • In comparison to asynchronous communication, synchronous communication frequently requires a higher level of technology such as a faster computer or more bandwidth.For the newcomer, the "learning curve" may be much steeper and the student may require more time to become comfortable.

  • Virtual Classrooms

    • Virtual learning can take place synchronously or asynchronously.
    • In synchronous systems, participants meet in "real time", and teachers conduct live classes in virtual classrooms.
    • Asynchronous courses have deadlines just as synchronous courses do, but each student learns at his or her own pace.
    • A virtual learning environment can also include students and teachers "meeting" online through a synchronous web-based application.

  • Just-in-Time Technique

    • Production scheduling and work hour consistency are synchronized with demand.
    • Supply is synchronized with production demand and the optimal amount of inventory is on hand at any time.

  • Channel

    • When the speaker and the audience are in the same room at the same time, the channels of communication are synchronous, in real time.
    • Computer mediated digital channels may be synchronous, when remote audiences are listening to the speech via computer conferencing or streaming audio and video at the same time the speech is being delivered.

  • The Favorskii Rearrangement

    • A debate concerning the nature of the carbon-carbon bond formation step now favors direct (synchronous) formation of the cyclopropanone by a 1,3-elimination, as shown, rather than initial ionization of the enolate to a zwitterionic species such as that drawn in the green box.

  • Scenario

    • The virtual classroom space allows for two-way synchronous communications via a voice-over IP connection (VOIP) and an interactive white board space where students and the instructor can write, draw, and post slides.
    • Jones is encouraging the students to use both synchronous and asynchronous technologies to interact with one another.

  • Arrhythmia

    • The impulse then spreads through both ventricles causing a synchronized contraction of the heart muscle and, thus, the pulse.
    • Cardioversion is either achieved pharmacologically or via the application of a shock synchronized to the underlying heartbeat.
    • Defibrillation differs in that the shock is not synchronized.