Najarro de Alvarado, Sey DanisiaCarranza Campos, Miguel ÁngelAvilés Rivas, Aldo EmersonChacón Romero, Kevin AlexanderBolaños Calderón, Rebeca Ester (BC)ar17011@ues.edu.svcr17025@ues.edu.svbc16027@ues.edu.sv2024-08-292024-08-292024-08-29Avilés Rivas, A. M., Chacón Romero, K. A. y Bolaños Calderón, Rebeca Ester (2024). The importance of synchronous and asynchronous classes in online education. (Licenciatura en Idioma Inglés opción Enseñanza). Universidad de El Salvador. Facultad de Ciencias y Humanidades.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14492/29858Disponible en soporte impreso.The purpose of this project is to analyze the importance of synchronous and asynchronous classes in online education and. Due to the emergence of the global pandemic, the educational system was forced to modify classes to be taken online, the foregoing made educational institutions worldwide make a change of plan in their education methods, seeking alternatives in their most efficient and effective technological tools. Students have to face the new educational environment, and the different effects caused by online education. In this work we develop the different methods, and resources learned in the “Specialization Course in the Administration of Virtual Environments for Foreign Language Teaching and Learning” in which useful and important topics were developed, such as Online foreign language teaching, Educational Applications to Learn a Foreign Language and Design of Didactic Materials for Virtual Environments. In this process, enrolled students learn the theory, and acquire the knowledge to design and manage virtual environments for the acquisition and delivery of learning of a foreign language. Learners also acquire comprehension in the management of different technological tools. Furthermore, the acquisition of skills to design digital materials with the purpose of being used in online virtual learning environments.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalVirtual Environmentsonline educationsynchronous and asynchronousTrabajo de grado