Online tutoring is a flexible form of caregiver-led learning. It should not be confused with passive online tuition. Compared to traditional tutoring, it has a number of strengths that we would like to present to you below. It can be a useful tool for both teachers and learners.
1. Online tutoring creates flexibility in terms of time and space
Today's pupils are busy with tasks. The subject matter is becoming more comprehensive from year to year, the world more complex and demands are raining down on them from everywhere. In addition to traditional maths, reading and writing skills, they are also expected to be media-savvy, capable of teamwork and, ideally, entrepreneurial. There is little time for tutoring here, even if it can be a helpful element in mastering the complexity of the world more easily and quickly. However, it must be used in a very targeted manner and be able to fit perfectly into the larger framework of the pupils' commitments in terms of time.
Online tutoring makes scheduling easier for both sides. Depending on requirements, it can also be planned at short notice and utilised in a targeted manner. It is more compatible with the demands of the modern world and is available almost immediately, similar to information on the Internet.
You are also no longer tied to a specific location and can choose the teaching style and personality type that suits your own learning style from a much larger pool of teaching options. Pupils and students learn very differently. It is difficult to plan which teaching style suits them because many factors play a role here. Even small details such as certain childhood experiences and personality types can have a strong influence on learning processes. Personal initiative is ultimately required here, because ultimately the learners know best what suits them and what not.
2. Transparency as the basis for decision-making
One of the key innovations in the learning landscape in recent years has been well-organised online courses on various subject areas. The advantages are obvious and are increasingly becoming standard. Young people are already making use of freely available knowledge that was actually prepared by universities for students in the form of online lectures. If you want to learn, it's easier than ever.
Ultimately, tutoring lessons must also be able to keep up with this increasingly standardised offering. Online tutoring via Zoom and similar communication tools is taking the first steps in this direction. Here you can get learning help in your familiar environment. And similar to online lectures, the interaction processes can be recorded and replayed as required and adapted to your own learning pace.
Instead of having to rely on promises and word of mouth when choosing a tutor, teachers can create video material and show directly how the lessons work and what they have to say. This very content can serve as a basis for deciding whether or not a personality type, the teaching method or even the content suits you.
3. Autonomous learning
Whereas in the past it was very difficult to say ‘no’, whether to the teachers you were exposed to or to social norms, in our modern age it is increasingly important to be able to consciously say ‘yes’ to everything and to choose what you get involved with. Self-motivated learning is becoming more and more in demand.
On the one hand, more and more standards are raining down on us. In addition to the classic ‘be good’, there are now also ‘be creative’, ‘be flexible’, ‘find yourself’ - but always remain good. On the other hand, however, it is easier than ever to consciously distance yourself from prevailing demands - if you have practised and learnt to do so through mindfulness techniques and conscious decisions.
It is becoming more important than ever to distinguish yourself as a person through a learning path that is not only given to you, but also partly of your own choosing. Thanks to its low threshold and flexibility, online tutoring makes it as easy as possible to find what suits you. We cannot take the actual decision, commitment and dedication away from you. We can't learn for you, but we can make it easier for you to decide what suits your individual learning style.