Benefits of Online Tuitions

I am sure we have all experienced the 9am-5pm working life at some point in our lives. That morning struggle to get out of bed, the long and grueling day that follows. That sigh of relief upon reaching the weekend, only for it to be over before you can blink.

Teaching has become a hot trend in recent times.  An online teaching experience, unlike a traditional classroom experience, comprises of a number of computer-assisted teaching procedures involving some computer tools and software.

Online tutoring is an increasingly popular option for students – however many parents still wrestle with the question: “Is an online option right for my child’s learning and my family’s needs?”

Before we discuss the top benefits of online teaching, let’s discuss the two broad categories of types of Online Teaching.

Types of Online Teaching

There are primarily 2 types of online teaching:

Synchronous: This type of teaching involves a real time online teaching experience. This includes time bound sessions where both the teacher and the student have to be online at a specific instant of time such as one-to-one classes, Instructor-led online classes, etc.

Asynchronous: In this type, unlike the one discussed above, courses are not conducted in real time. This means that the engagement between the teacher and student can occur as per their convenience. Recorded training sessions are a good example of such teaching.

​​​So, we wanted to share some of the key benefits on online tutoring and why is it fast becoming the most viable method of learning outside the classroom. 

Time and Location Flexibility​

Online tuition or Teaching provides you with the flexibility to choose a working schedule that works around you. ​Not a morning person? Then choose your hours later in the day. Want Wednesdays off to spend time with your loved ones? ​Leave out Wednesdays when creating your timetable. Want some extra or part-time work to fit around your life? It’s your choice!​ Flexibility allows you to reclaim your time to suit your life, not the other way round!

The Dalai Lama was once asked, what surprised him most about humanity, to which he responded:

“Man surprised me most about humanity. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived”

A teacher can choose to teach at any time that suits him/her.

Especially for working professionals and homemakers, Home tuition Teaching is a boon, where classes can be taken in evenings or on weekends. There’s no time wastage, unlike the traditional classroom teaching where a teacher has to travel all the way to a coaching centre/institute for taking classes.

Also, the teacher can teach from anywhere, irrespective of the location of students. This means that teachers and students from diverse locations can connect together through Online Teaching.

It is no secret that work dominates a large proportion of our lives. We live for our weekends, we live for those few vacation days a year and we live for retirement. Work can often feel like it is robbing us of our precious time, especially in the typical offline jobs. 

Convenience/Freedom

Online teaching doesn’t require any travelling overhead. A teacher can teach right while sitting at his/her home. Online teaching could thus be perceived as a work from home with flexible schedules.

Another great benefit to teaching online is the freedom to work from anywhere you want in the world. Well, almost anywhere, as long as you have a reliable and fast internet connection. This can provide a number of opportunities to improve our quality of life. 

There are those who may want or need to work from home, whether that be parents who wish to be with their children, carer or even those with disabilities that restrict their mobility.  ​

And what about those who want to work anywhere but home? Perhaps you wish to travel the world or live abroad for a period of time. As long as you have a good internet connection and quiet place to conduct your lessons, you can travel whilst you work!

More Teaching Opportunity

Online teaching opens the door for a number of opportunities. It allows you to interact with people from all over the world, producing a mutually enriching and eye-opening cultural learning experience for both the student and teacher. As much as the student is learning from you, you learn from them!

Teaching students from different countries can also prove to be a challenge. Depending on their mother tongue, students may struggle with particular varying aspects when learning English. For the teacher, this is an excellent opportunity to improve your skills so that you can provide diverse and effective lessons for each student.

24/7 Anytime, anywhere one-to-one instruction

While face-to-face personal tutoring is an effective practice in itself, the logistics can be a struggle for many. Key challenges include coordinating schedules, matching personality or academic levels and finding a convenient location.

Now, all a student needs is a computer and internet access, and they can connect with a tutor in any core subject –  as often or infrequently as they need to. Flexible services are increasingly offering enhanced capabilities such as essay checking services, broadening the appeal to students everywhere.

“It is so much more convenient than having a set time for appointments with private tutors which, when you have 4 children, there are often no ‘time slots’ available for any extra commitments."