What do we mean by tutoring? It is an act that facilitates or
provides a structure of learning. The purpose of this age-old practice is to
help and guide students as a supplementary support with their regular
institutional education. By the help of tutoring they can able to grasp the
lessons clearly and make themselves prepared in their home works.
As the technological advancement makes our daily life easier, faster
and more effective -- method of
tutoring also could not avoid the technological involvement. Now it is in
online with the aid of the internet and became time-saving, inexpensive,
effortless and easily conductible.
Unlike traditional face to face tutoring, online tutoring requires a
user interface and technical support to maintain both the hardware and software
sides of the operation. Students need not to move or invite tutor to home. One
can get homework assistance and guidance any time, from anywhere. Only he/she have to have a computer with an
internet connection.
There are so many advantages in online tutoring if it is compared
with traditional tutoring. In online,
time of tutoring is most flexible and if the material is pre-recorded, tutoring can
be held 24/7. The hours would be limited if the tutor conducts it lively. In
online method the scheduling is not as rigid as traditional. Most online
services offer a connection with a live tutor to help the student. They arrange
for an hour-long real time sessions via chat or voice conference with the Skype
Volp service. Parents need not request
the tutoring agency for a progress report of their son or daughter. They get it in online 24/7.
The online
tutoring methods are of various types and used for various purposes. Mainly it
is a distance learning system in a virtual environment, participated in a
single or a group of learners and mostly used for students of elementary school
to college level.
The online
tutoring services can provide other sorts of tutoring. It can be an ongoing
homework help or just help with a specific assignment or project, or for
preparation for quizzes or tests or exams. No matter if it is for basic
concepts or for gaining a deeper mastery of the subject matter.
Research has proven that online tutoring is
beneficial for slow learners as extra essential help. Within last five years
the online tutoring service increased tremendously and became more useful and
popular with students as well as their parents.
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