Does Online Tutoring Experience Count?

Does Online Tutoring Experience Count?When a tutor takes you to class does that count towards your grade point average? In addition to any other credits your tutor may take, does it matter if the tutoring session is done via Skype or e-mail?As an online tutor I've seen my pupils get quite worked up about this question. Some think that one day of online tutoring should count for as much as one hour in class and others have done research and found that online tutoring doesn't really count for much. Other pupils feel that the online session counts because it was done through Skype, although that might not be true.Personally, I think online tutoring is fine but as an online tutor I do feel that any time spent taking in a lesson should count for more than the time spent sitting at home in front of the computer screen. It would be foolish to believe that the online session was pointless because of that alone, however, if the lessons were especially challenging, that should count for more t han just the half an hour spent sitting in front of the computer. The fact that you are getting up and moving around when taking your lesson is even more important.If it's hard for your pupil to go to the library or find a place to watch a lesson online then that might be a problem. Perhaps he or she was working a lot and the online session was just too much to fit into their schedule, even if they went on a trip that should have been easy.If you can offer your pupil extra attention after the online tutoring session then that's good as well. How will your pupil remember the ideas that you taught him or her if you didn't give them your full attention?On the other hand, if you're a tutor who does both kinds of teaching then does that make your online tutoran 'experienced' tutor or do you need to declare yourself a new teacher? There's certainly plenty of room for improvement and I am sure that there are many aspects of your teaching skills that you may be wanting to improve but this a rticle isn't meant to raise your teaching skills to a new level and make yourself seem better than your colleagues, but rather so that you can be more clear about the reasoning behind your decision to teach.At the end of the day does online tutoring experience count or do you have to declare yourself a new teacher? I hope this article has given you some helpful information about the value of each type of online learning, and that you now know that you have the freedom to select the type of teaching you wish to pursue.