Systems and methods of synchronous communication for distance education are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method may comprise receiving user input from a plurality of users for a current virtual classroom session regardless of input format, and receiving facilitator input from at least one facilitator for the current virtual classroom session. The method may also comprise selecting a delivery template from among a plurality of delivery templates, the plurality of delivery templates corresponding to different types of virtual classroom sessions, and the selected delivery template corresponding to the type of the current virtual classroom session. The method may also comprise merging the user input and facilitator input into a composite output based on the selected delivery template, and issuing the composite output to each of the plurality of users for the current virtual classroom session.