A veteran Googler who founded mulitpurpose messaging app Rock maintains that operating asynchronously lets work get done on time. People are less stressed and it allows for a wider talent pool, too.

Async care can happen in various ways, and while it’s not a new model of care delivery, it has become increasingly popular in recent years, especially since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some ...

“Now is the time to permanently expand access to these services for the millions of people in the U.S. who need a safe, effective, and convenient option to access their care,” said Joseph C. Kvedar, ...

I keep hearing the same complaint from parents: “I don’t want my children on these long videoconference calls. It is making them miserable.” These long, synchronous classroom calls which have become ...

It has to make sense to leverage different ways of communicating with different people in different situations. While virtual communication is more efficient, in-person communication is more effective ...

Location, location, location–that’s what we leaders are told the pandemic changed irrevocably about work culture. Work from anywhere! Work from home! Work from a tropical island (as long as it has ...

Self-directed learning has worked in higher education for a long time, but K–12 schools are now adopting this model. Here’s how they can get started. Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus ...

One of the few silver linings of the Covid-19 crisis is the adoption and scale of virtual health solutions to reduce virus exposure, concerns, and impacts. Virtual visits have become mainstream, at ...

VSM Web columnist Eric Vogel kicks off his first C# Corner installment with a walk through creating an application using asynchronous programming. Asynchronous programming is a means of parallel ...