<s>
Link-Systems	B-Application
International	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
LSI	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
American	O
distance-learning	O
software	O
corporation	O
based	O
in	O
Tampa	O
,	O
Florida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
is	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
NetTutor	B-Application
,	O
its	O
online	O
tutoring	O
service	O
;	O
WorldWideTestbank	O
,	O
its	O
platform	O
for	O
authoring	O
online	O
content	O
;	O
and	O
its	O
WorldWideWhiteboard	B-Application
education-focused	O
online	O
collaboration	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Link-Systems	B-Application
International	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
then	O
incorporated	O
in	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
Florida	O
on	O
February	O
27	O
,	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Link-Systems	B-Application
International	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
ranked	O
3396	O
on	O
the	O
Inc	O
.	O
5000	O
list	O
in	O
2014	O
REB7I	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
LSI	O
released	O
"	O
NetTutor	B-Application
"	O
,	O
a	O
Java-based	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LSI	O
leased	O
this	O
interface	O
,	O
mainly	O
to	O
schools	O
and	O
textbook	O
publishers	O
,	O
renaming	O
the	O
platform	O
WorldWideWhiteboard	B-Application
in	O
2001	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
distinguish	O
it	O
from	O
its	O
online	O
tutoring	O
service	O
,	O
which	O
retained	O
the	O
NetTutor	B-Application
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LSI	O
launched	O
the	O
NetTutor	B-Application
online	O
tutoring	O
service	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetTutor	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
WorldWideWhiteboard	B-Application
and	O
a	O
proprietary	O
queuing	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetTutor	B-Application
employs	O
its	O
tutors	O
on	O
a	O
full-time	O
basis	O
at	O
LSI	O
headquarters	O
in	O
Tampa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
distinction	O
between	O
NetTutor	B-Application
and	O
other	O
services	O
is	O
that	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
written	O
guidelines	O
is	O
drawn	O
up	O
in	O
consultation	O
with	O
client	O
institutions	O
and	O
amended	O
as	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
LSI	O
began	O
replacing	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
Java-based	O
code	O
of	O
its	O
platforms	O
with	O
HTML5	B-Application
so	O
that	O
its	O
various	O
platforms	O
are	O
more	O
accessible	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
WorldWideWhiteboard	B-Application
,	O
NetTutor	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
WorldWideTestbank	O
have	O
been	O
re-released	O
in	O
HTML5	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WorldWideWhiteboard	B-Application
went	O
online	O
at	O
Pima	O
Community	O
College	O
and	O
other	O
institutions	O
even	O
before	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetTutor	B-Application
,	O
initially	O
offered	O
with	O
new	O
editions	O
of	O
textbooks	O
in	O
deals	O
with	O
publishing	O
companies	O
,	O
is	O
now	O
available	O
in	O
community	O
college	O
systems	O
and	O
universities	O
like	O
the	O
California	O
Community	O
College	O
System	O
(	O
through	O
the	O
Online	O
Education	O
Initiative	O
)	O
,	O
Mississippi	O
's	O
Virtual	O
Community	O
College	O
System	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Oregon	O
State	O
University	O
eCampus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
individual	O
college	O
campuses	O
have	O
adopted	O
NetTutor	B-Application
or	O
the	O
WorldWideWhiteboard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
few	O
cases	O
,	O
NetTutor	B-Application
becomes	O
available	O
automatically	O
during	O
hours	O
when	O
campus	O
online	O
tutoring	O
is	O
unavailable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetTutor	B-Application
service	O
was	O
adopted	O
as	O
a	O
value-added	O
feature	O
on	O
new	O
textbooks	O
,	O
whereby	O
purchasers	O
of	O
the	O
textbooks	O
gained	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
certain	O
number	O
of	O
hours	O
of	O
online	O
tutoring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetTutor	B-Application
has	O
been	O
packaged	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
with	O
textbooks	O
published	O
by	O
John	O
Wiley	O
and	O
Sons	O
,	O
Pearson	O
,	O
Cengage	O
Learning	O
,	O
and	O
Bedford-St.	O
Martin	O
's	O
,	O
an	O
imprint	O
of	O
MacMillan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
research	O
compares	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
college	O
students	O
who	O
use	O
NetTutor	B-Application
to	O
those	O
who	O
do	O
not	O
,	O
and	O
finds	O
evidence	O
that	O
both	O
performance	O
and	O
persistence	O
improve	O
among	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
other	O
cases	O
,	O
schools	O
compared	O
NetTutor	B-Application
favorably	O
to	O
its	O
competitors	O
on	O
ground	O
of	O
price	O
and	O
flexibility	O
of	O
tutoring	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
researchers	O
at	O
Stony	O
Brook	O
University	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
according	O
...	O
to	O
our	O
research	O
NetTutor	B-Application
remains	O
the	O
only	O
workable	O
math-friendly	O
e-learning	O
communication	O
system.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
study	O
at	O
Utah	O
Valley	O
University	O
in	O
2006	O
pointed	O
out	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
WorldWideWhiteboard	B-Application
as	O
"[o]ne	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
synchronous	O
models	O
for	O
math	O
tutoring ]	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2007	O
,	O
LSI	O
's	O
NetTutor	B-Application
service	O
had	O
conducted	O
one	O
million	O
online	O
tutorial	O
sessions	O
.	O
</s>
