<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	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>
The	O
World	O
Wide	O
Whiteboard	O
went	O
online	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
NetTutor	B-Application
,	O
although	O
the	O
LSI	O
NetTutor	B-Application
online	I-Application
tutoring	I-Application
service	I-Application
is	O
technically	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
WorldWideWhiteboard	B-Application
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.8	O
of	O
the	O
WorldWideWhiteboard	B-Application
is	O
in	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
NetTutor	B-Application
online	I-Application
tutoring	I-Application
service	I-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
its	O
on-campus	O
online	O
tutoring	O
programs	O
,	O
online	O
courses	O
,	O
and	O
collaborative	O
learning	O
environments	O
,	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
applet	I-Language
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
without	O
downloading	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WorldWideWhiteboard	B-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
software	O
product	O
developed	O
by	O
Link-Systems	B-Application
International	I-Application
(	O
LSI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LSI	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
1995	O
primarily	O
as	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
converted	O
text-based	O
content	O
like	O
scholarly	O
journals	O
into	O
an	O
SGML	B-Language
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
about	O
five	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
side	O
of	O
this	O
product	O
leased	O
as	O
NetTutor	B-Application
to	O
schools	O
,	O
individual	O
educators	O
,	O
and	O
programs	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
to	O
conduct	O
online	O
tutoring	O
using	O
tutors	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
institution	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
online	O
instruction	O
and	O
office	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
still	O
owns	O
the	O
NetTutor	B-Application
trademark	O
,	O
which	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
online	O
tutoring	O
it	O
supplies	O
via	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Whiteboard	O
and	O
using	O
professional	O
tutors	O
it	O
employs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
LSI	O
began	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
an	O
HTML5	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
WorldWideWhiteboard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
has	O
now	O
replaced	O
the	O
earlier	O
,	O
Java-based	O
version	O
and	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
interface	O
on	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
cases	O
where	O
software	O
developers	O
have	O
opted	O
for	O
browser-based	O
development	O
,	O
counting	O
on	O
the	O
future	O
development	O
of	O
HTML5	B-Application
APIs	B-General_Concept
to	O
support	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
interaction	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
self-standing	O
phone	O
apps.As	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
installations	O
of	O
World	O
Wide	O
Whiteboard	O
had	O
been	O
converted	O
from	O
Java-based	O
to	O
HTML5-based	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2004	O
study	O
at	O
Stony	O
Brook	O
University	O
comparing	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Whiteboard	O
with	O
tools	O
available	O
in	O
Blackboard	B-General_Concept
concluded	O
that	O
"	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>
Certain	O
of	O
these	O
studies	O
have	O
been	O
cited	O
widely	O
,	O
mainly	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
seminal	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Whiteboard	O
as	O
an	O
educational	O
Web	B-Protocol
conferencing	I-Protocol
tool	O
.	O
</s>
