How Online Tuition can make education more accessible to students.

Posted by Ziyyara on November 15th, 2019

How Online Tuition can make education more accessible to students.

Knowledge is so important in our lives that we try to get the best of it by using our maximum efforts. The path of knowledge goes through the heart of education, both are different, but the essence of education is knowledge.

A teacher plays a crucial role in providing education/knowledge. It is said that a teacher and student are like a potter and clay respectively, it is in the hands of a potter that what shape will he give to the clay. Similarly, a teacher holds the responsibility of giving appropriate shape to his student, their connection is very close, so it is very important to find an appropriate potter for your clay but in the current time, it is not an easy task.

Due to various reasons, it is becoming harder to get a suitable tutor in our locality. There are numerous both expensive and affordable institutions around us with target to give the best quality education with various aspects in favor of a student, but unfortunately some of them come out to be the opposite for a lot of students.

While searching for an institute, one of the key-factor which is very important for a student is the location of that institute. Sometimes it is near, sometimes it is far and sometimes explicitly out of range and when this happens then the student is left with no choice except relocating or commute every time which is annoying. This would have been a tiresome situation if we did not have the technology, it made our lives very easy and efficient in every aspect and education is one of those affected sectors. Technology gave us a lot of advancements and online tuition is one of them, which solves the mentioned problem very intuitively.

EdTech (Educational Technology) is a study which focuses on the advancement of all aspects of teaching & learning from the inception of information to the delivery. EdTech includes, but not limited to dedicated hardware & software in order to make teaching & learning as smooth and efficient as possible.

Online Tuition (Courtesy of EdTech) is when a student gets tuition on his/her computer with the help of internet, video conferencing platform and sometimes an additional dedicated hardware like digital writing board. The tutor gives lecture via video conferencing from his location and sometimes use the interactive online white board.

It is primarily of two types: Synchronous & Asynchronous. Synchronous mode is when the tutor teaches in real-time. In synchronous mode, tutor and student have to be online at the same time. Asynchronous is that mode which is not conducted in real-time and when the tutor and student do not have to be online at the same time, an example of this mode is Recorded Sessions. There are various tuition sites available, providing the facility of online tuition with both modes.

With the help of online tuition, a student irrespective of the geography can get the tuition at his/her home without moving anywhere, saving a lot of both hassle of commuting and time. It has almost removed the geographic factor of searching for a tutor so no matter where you are, you can get the tuition at your home even if you are in a remote location. It is a no-compromising solution because it is almost as effective as in person tuition, i.e., if a student is struggling or if the tutor has to take any feedback, then it can be taken care of via webcam, screen sharing and interactive whiteboard in real-time and when the student needs to ask something then it can be done by typing the query or just asking orally. As it can be availed anywhere, it gives students a wide variety of options. You can filter the available tutors as per your choice of expertise, time, language and etc., it is not much time-consuming at all and you do not have to compromise with your comfort zone while taking the class and hence no social pressure because there is no one physically present near you.

Taking tuition online also reduces the overall cost because of no assorted costs related directly or indirectly to commuting as this is completely removed from the equation. Those students who are shy and who do not participate much in conventional sessions tend to be more enthusiastic in online tuition. It is reported that the tutor and student are more connected in this mode of tuition. Online tuition is favorable for working professionals who wish to learn something while working, they can opt for it in their leisure time.

Often in online tuition, the student is provided with a soft copy of the important notes and assignments which itself saves the time of the student. The provided material is digitally interactive, hence making the sharing and working with the material more useful.

Online tutor is also help to find the answers of simple or complex algebara equations, algebra is important part of mathematics.

Online tuition has increased the accessibility of education very much, leading to an increment in the opportunities and hence providing better prospects than conventional tuition.

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