online tutoring

Online tutoring is the process of tutoring in an online, virtual, or networked, environment, in which teachers and learners participate from separate physical locations. Aside from space, participants can also be separated by time. Online tutoring is practiced using many different approaches for distinct sets of users. The distinctions are in content and user interface, as well as in tutoring styles and tutor-training methodologies. Definitions associated with online tutoring vary widely, reflecting the ongoing evolution of the technology, the refinement and variation in online learning methodology, and the interactions of the organizations that deliver online tutoring services with the institutions, individuals, and learners that employ the services. This Internet-based service is a form of micropublishing. Concept and definitions An institution, website or individual can offer online tutoring through an internal or external tutoring website or through a learning management systems (LMS). Online environments applied in education could also involve the use of a virtual learning environment platform such as Moodle, Sakai, WebCT, and Blackboard. Some of these are paid systems but some are free and open source such as Google+ Hangouts. Online tutoring may be offered either via a link in an LMS, or directly through the tutoring service's platform, where a subscriber may be required to pay for tutoring time before the delivery of service. Many educational institutions and major textbook publishers sponsor a certain amount of tutoring without a direct charge to the learner.