The process of providing any form of knowledge or education by a knowledge provider or a tutor to a knowledge recipient or a student over the internet is known as online tutoring. Online tutoring is simply tutoring over an Internet connection and therefore, tutors and students share an electronic whiteboard which they can use and see. The two can participate in studies via a Skype conference call. This method is also carried out via an Internet connection.
Online tutoring can add a certain amount of flexibility for the whole process of tutoring. Students don’t necessarily need to meet with their tutors to study and be reserved due to the physical boundary. This process of delivering knowledge has been known for as long as the internet has existed and it can be delivered in the following ways:
Tutoring Through Emails and Knowledge Content:
In the mode of tutoring through emails and knowledge content, the knowledge provider or the tutor can create knowledge content in a rather organized and systematic manner. The student is able to obtain this knowledge according to his own speed and time. Similarly, a student-tutor interaction has also been made possible over emails. Additionally, quizzes and tests can be conducted and submitted by the students and are then returned by the tutor with his grade and feedback.
Real-time Tutoring Over the Internet:
Due to the increased bandwidth, tutors, as well as students, can involve themselves online while they are active in a physical class simultaneously. With the advanced technology, the tutors can also now present their prepared lecture material on their PC to the students while the tutors and students may simultaneously even work on the same material on a “whiteboard”.
A whiteboard is the same as the blackboard in a physical classroom and it permits a tutor to write and produce draw in real-time. In addition to that, real-time tutoring usually comprises of both video and audio devices and facilities. There is another, rather weaker variation of real-time tutoring which is actually the option of online chat which allows the tutor to instantly message so that he can interact with the students in real-time.
Advantages of Online Tutoring for K-12 Students:
There are various platforms that allow online tutoring for K-12 students and each one of those may help the students enjoy the following facilities:
- Students are satisfied
- They can connect instantly with any kind of a device with working internet
- They can get help in whichever subject they’re weak at
- They are allowed to select their own set of professional tutors online
- Students can get help anytime anywhere
- Tutors help students with their homework
- Tutors help students with their test preparation
Conclusion:
Today, with so many facilities and advanced technology, there are so many tutoring platforms available online and with a good online tutoring approach may integrate both types of online knowledge transfer for effective and economical delivery of knowledge.