subject: Internet Tutors, the New Face of the Tutor Industry in Singapore [print this page] Internet Tutors, the New Face of the Tutor Industry in Singapore
Most of Singapore households have access to internet. Even in public places, internet are provided free of charge to reach out the internet savvy local Singaporeans. Physical goods and services are often served online to cater the online demands of such services.
Same with the tutoring industry, internet tutors or online tutors are becoming more popular nowadays. Most especially on subjects related to the internet. Conventional way of doing it, private tutors need to visit their student's house or vice versa so they can proceed with the process. This requires effort to any of the party to go and visit one's place. But due to current technology, everything is changing.
While maybe odd to be applied on all subjects, internet tutoring is very promising in terms of its ability to deliver the kind of service you want to deliver using the conventional method. The latter is still crucial in today's children's education, but for some adults that are studying and well familiar with the internet, online tutoring can be a very good alternative in learning.
Voice chatting and video conferencing are becoming more and more common. Try different free instant messaging software that comes with voice and video. Added to that is a new technology called webinar, where presentation using various applications are possible.
Internet tutors are leveraging on this technology to give the best service that they can. They have to move from conventional way of doing it to avoid being stagnant and cope with the growing numbers of internet savvy children. Instead of tutoring a single child or more, they can now reach to unlimited numbers of students who can attend their lessons or classes online. Definitely, they will find great convenience of learning thru the use of internet.
