On-line Physics Tuition1781323
Online tuition has been with us now for a couple of years yet, in my experience, fairly few people have heard of this form of tutoring or, if they have, dismiss it lightly simply because of some of the poor press that it has received. The function of this post is to right a couple of misinterpretations about online tuition and lessons conducted remotely.
My personal encounter is as the former director of a national tuition agency - one of the first to introduce internet or online tuition as we called it to the UK. I have also been an online tutor myself, providing intensive day courses in online search engine optimisation and website monetization via our online tuition service. Our tutoring business is now sold and I am retired, consequently I would like to feel that my guidance here can be considered impartial.
Here are the six primary objections to on-line tuition and my regular responses.
"I want a human, not a machine" That is exactly what you will get - a human doing the tutoring. You will get the same sort of individual over the internet whom you would have got if you had booked a face-to-face lesson.
"It's a bit ... weird" If that relates to speaking to a person who is not physically present with you then someone clarify the popularity of the phone to me. You talk in real time to a real individual during the lesson - the only difference is that they are not necessarily geographically close to you.
"My child wouldn't concentrate" Our experience showed the opposite. Students find it a lot much more focused in the same way that the old radio programmes used to captivate their listeners. There aren't distractions like considering the tutor's attire, their mannerisms and so on.
"I wouldn't be in a position to relate to it" There is no distinction in online tuition and face-to-face tuition in this respect. If you cannot relate to what the tutor is saying or performing during the lesson then that is a failing in the tutor, the student or each.
"I can see it would be suitable for my child" We've tutored just about each subject and every age group by way of online tuition. From twin 4 year olds learning French to adults learning the violin and foreigners doing elocution lessons to eliminate their accents. The only topic that does not lend itself to online tuition is 'handwriting' and even that is feasible.
"I'm not good technically and it would be difficult to set up" All you require to do is set up MSN or Yahoo Messenger or SKYPE or another carrier service (all totally free), push in your USB 'plug and play' microphone or webcam with mike, log in and off you go.
This is part of a series comparing internet and home-go to tuition. If you are contemplating having private tutoring, then do not lightly rule out online tuition.
