<s>
NetTutor	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Web-based	O
online	O
tutoring	O
service	O
,	O
founded	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
in	O
Tampa	O
,	O
Florida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
NetTutor	B-Application
operations	O
are	O
conducted	O
at	O
LSI	O
’s	O
main	O
office	O
in	O
Tampa	O
,	O
Florida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Link-Systems	B-Application
International	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
1995	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
making	O
academic	O
resources	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetTutor	B-Application
was	O
the	O
firm	O
's	O
first	O
product	O
and	O
went	O
live	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LSI	O
began	O
to	O
lease	O
the	O
technology	O
supporting	O
NetTutor	B-Application
(	O
also	O
under	O
the	O
NetTutor	B-Application
name	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetTutor	B-Application
website	O
,	O
trademark	O
,	O
and	O
interface	O
technology	O
are	O
owned	O
by	O
Link-Systems	B-Application
International	I-Application
(	O
LSI	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
distance-learning	O
software	O
corporation	O
in	O
Tampa	O
,	O
Florida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetTutor	B-Application
went	O
live	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
possibly	O
the	O
first	O
private	O
online	O
tutoring	O
service	O
to	O
provide	O
tutoring	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
learner	O
could	O
choose	O
tutoring	O
that	O
is	O
either	O
synchronous	O
,	O
with	O
tutor	O
and	O
learner	O
simultaneously	O
online	O
,	O
or	O
asynchronous	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
learner	O
submits	O
questions	O
and	O
receives	O
a	O
tutor	O
's	O
response	O
via	O
direct	O
messaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
announced	O
that	O
NetTutor	B-Application
had	O
conducted	O
three	O
million	O
online	O
tutoring	O
sessions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LSI	O
also	O
develops	O
,	O
maintains	O
,	O
and	O
leases	O
hosted	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
proprietary	O
Java-based	O
whiteboard-style	O
interface	O
(	O
WorldWideWhiteboard	B-Application
)	O
with	O
which	O
NetTutor	B-Application
conducts	O
tutoring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetTutor	B-Application
was	O
apparently	O
the	O
first	O
online	O
tutoring	O
service	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
textbooks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
NetTutor	B-Application
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
packaged	O
with	O
certain	O
McGraw-Hill	O
math	O
,	O
science	O
,	O
and	O
accounting	O
books	O
since	O
approximately	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
subsequent	O
years	O
,	O
NetTutor	B-Application
has	O
been	O
packaged	O
with	O
higher	O
education	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	O
,	O
Freeman	O
and	O
Worth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
research	O
into	O
NetTutor	B-Application
was	O
conducted	O
by	O
educators	O
eager	O
to	O
employ	O
technology	O
in	O
their	O
own	O
teaching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
study	O
at	O
Hampton	O
University	O
in	O
1999	O
concluded	O
that	O
NetTutor	B-Application
could	O
effectively	O
support	O
activities	O
such	O
as	O
online	O
office	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
whiteboard-like	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
NetTutor	B-Application
interface	O
(	O
today	O
marketed	O
separately	O
by	O
LSI	O
as	O
the	O
WorldWideWhiteboard®	O
)	O
became	O
known	O
for	O
offering	O
tools	O
to	O
support	O
subject-specific	O
online	O
chat	O
and	O
to	O
illustrate	O
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
researchers	O
at	O
Stony	O
Brook	O
University	O
found	O
that	O
despite	O
some	O
flaws	O
,	O
according	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>
Similar	O
results	O
were	O
found	O
using	O
NetTutor	B-Application
technology	O
and	O
tutors	O
at	O
Utah	O
Valley	O
State	O
College	O
(	O
in	O
a	O
study	O
describing	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
NetTutor	B-Application
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
synchronous	O
models	O
for	O
math	O
tutoring ]	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Idaho	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
study	O
beginning	O
in	O
2005showing	O
increasing	O
acceptance	O
of	O
Web-based	O
online	O
tutoring	O
in	O
the	O
university	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2007	O
,	O
LSI	O
claimed	O
that	O
its	O
NetTutor	B-Application
tutors	O
had	O
conducted	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
online	O
tutorial	O
sessions	O
and	O
by	O
2016	O
,	O
NetTutor	B-Application
had	O
conducted	O
more	O
than	O
three	O
million	O
tutorial	O
sessions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Direct	O
purchase	O
of	O
tutoring	O
time	O
from	O
the	O
NetTutor	B-Application
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Purchase	O
of	O
a	O
textbook	O
which	O
has	O
NetTutor	B-Application
support	O
package	O
with	O
it	O
from	O
a	O
publisher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enrollment	O
in	O
a	O
school	O
or	O
specific	O
courses	O
in	O
a	O
school	O
which	O
has	O
chosen	O
NetTutor	B-Application
as	O
the	O
vendor	O
for	O
either	O
a	O
limited	O
or	O
unlimited	O
amount	O
of	O
tutoring	O
for	O
its	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetTutor	B-Application
service	O
is	O
typically	O
integrated	O
into	O
an	O
existing	O
virtual	B-Protocol
learning	I-Protocol
environment	I-Protocol
such	O
as	O
a	O
publisher	O
Web	O
portal	O
,	O
a	O
learning	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
like	O
Blackboard	B-General_Concept
,	O
Moodle	B-Application
,	O
or	O
Sakai	B-Language
,	O
or	O
else	O
into	O
a	O
specific	O
campus	O
tutoring	O
website	O
requiring	O
the	O
student	O
to	O
enter	O
special	O
access	O
codes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetTutor	B-Application
assistance	O
is	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
academic-assistance	O
"	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
mode	O
of	O
access	O
opens	O
NetTutor	B-Application
to	O
several	O
criticisms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
accusation	O
that	O
tutors	O
have	O
an	O
interest	O
in	O
exhausting	O
the	O
tutoring	O
hours	O
paid	O
for	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
get	O
them	O
to	O
purchase	O
more	O
,	O
or	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
tutor	O
may	O
rush	O
the	O
tutorial	O
session	O
by	O
providing	O
an	O
answer	O
to	O
do	O
more	O
sessions	O
and	O
enable	O
the	O
learner	O
to	O
engage	O
in	O
academic	O
dishonesty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetTutor	B-Application
claims	O
to	O
have	O
elaborate	O
tutor	O
vetting	O
and	O
training	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
differentiates	O
NetTutor	B-Application
sharply	O
from	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
Student	O
of	O
Fortune	O
,	O
the	O
founder	O
of	O
which	O
describes	O
academic	O
dishonesty	O
in	O
online	O
tutoring	O
as	O
"	O
something	O
that	O
is	O
definitely	O
going	O
to	O
happen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
research	O
published	O
about	O
NetTutor	B-Application
suggests	O
that	O
offering	O
students	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
online	O
tutoring	O
as	O
a	O
resource	O
in	O
a	O
traditional	O
"	O
brick-and-mortar	O
"	O
setting	O
leads	O
to	O
an	O
increase	O
in	O
student	O
persistence	O
and	O
achievement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LSI	O
,	O
apparently	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
several	O
controversies	O
that	O
surround	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
distance	O
education	O
and	O
online	O
tutoring	O
,	O
has	O
taken	O
some	O
measures	O
to	O
assure	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
academic	O
value	O
of	O
NetTutor	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LSI	O
claims	O
that	O
NetTutor	B-Application
answers	O
each	O
concern	O
,	O
as	O
shown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tutors	O
could	O
possibly	O
exhaust	O
learners’	O
access	O
time	O
in	O
looking	O
up	O
questions	O
and	O
resources.Online	O
pedagogy	O
vs.	O
academic	O
dishonestyOnline	O
tutor	O
may	O
simply	O
give	O
answers	O
or	O
writing	O
edits	O
to	O
students	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
assist	O
in	O
the	O
learning	O
process.Specific	O
guidelines	O
are	O
drawn	O
up	O
and	O
shared	O
with	O
users	O
;	O
tutors	O
are	O
bound	O
by	O
these	O
guidelines	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
requirement	O
is	O
that	O
tutors	O
assist	O
learners	O
rather	O
than	O
dispense	O
answers.This	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
two-sided	O
process	O
;	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
educators	O
must	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
criticize	O
and	O
revise	O
guidelines	O
to	O
insure	O
relevance	O
to	O
a	O
specific	O
topic	O
or	O
learning	O
situation.Education	O
vendor	O
vs.	O
education	O
professionalOnline	O
tutor	O
may	O
simply	O
be	O
there	O
,	O
may	O
elongate	O
tutoring	O
sessions	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
to	O
collect	O
the	O
learners’	O
money.Tutors	O
are	O
background-checked	O
and	O
must	O
be	O
qualified	O
educators	O
with	O
proven	O
records	O
of	O
success	O
at	O
tutoring	O
prior	O
to	O
hiring	O
at	O
LSI	O
;	O
records	O
of	O
tutorial	O
sessions	O
are	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
upon	O
demand.Educator	O
or	O
parent	O
would	O
verify	O
that	O
the	O
dedication	O
shown	O
by	O
NetTutor	B-Application
tutors	O
to	O
learners’	O
goals.Technology	O
learning	O
curveStudents	O
may	O
need	O
assistance	O
in	O
using	O
the	O
NetTutor	B-Application
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
Customer	O
Request	O
link	O
on	O
the	O
main	O
NetTutor	B-Application
web	O
pages	O
;	O
also	O
,	O
LSI	O
has	O
developed	O
multiple	O
technologies	O
and	O
hosting	O
platforms	O
and	O
these	O
have	O
been	O
tested	O
for	O
user-friendliness	O
in	O
various	O
learning	O
environments.Perhaps	O
this	O
is	O
not	O
as	O
great	O
a	O
concern	O
today	O
as	O
when	O
NetTutor	B-Application
began	O
,	O
but	O
educators	O
and	O
parents	O
should	O
acquaint	O
themselves	O
with	O
LSI	O
customer	O
service	O
and	O
other	O
LSI	O
technologies	O
to	O
verify	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
claims.Learner	O
frustration	O
with	O
asynchronous	O
tutoringLearner	O
may	O
use	O
a	O
non-live	O
,	O
asynchronous	O
tutoring	O
mode	O
,	O
expecting	O
the	O
"	O
answer	O
"	O
in	O
return	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetTutor	B-Application
seems	O
consistent	O
in	O
leaving	O
this	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
teacher	O
.	O
</s>
