Online Tutoring refers to a process in which a LIVE tutor is able to teach a student using interactive technologies over the internet. This involves a tutoring session in which the tutor and student are able to talk to each other, see each other, and write on a shared whiteboard, much like a normal face to face tutoring session. Online Tutoring is not simply availability of content, multi-media modules, test papers or recorded sessions, but involves live tutors communicating with the student in real time.

Online Tutoring is better than Private Home Tuitions as each student has access to the very best of tutors, irrespective of where he stays. Else a student is limited to choosing only those tutors who are able to commute to their homes, while the best tutors may be in another locality, another city or even another country.

LearningHour's Online Tutoring works through a web-conferencing platform, which creates a virtual classroom on the internet. The student and tutor connect to the virtual classroom through the LearningHour website at the scheduled time. Once connected they are able to talk to each other, see each other and use the whiteboard with digital pens. Alongside this real-time tutoring and unlike home tuitions, LearningHour proprietary Learning Management system tracks the student progress at each stage and also provides him with relevant practice and testing in a very systematic way. Additionally, each tutoring session is recorded and the student can review the session whenever he needs.

In order to start using LearningHour, a student must REGISTER on the website. The Registration process is very simple, requiring the student to enter basic information like name, class, city etc. THERE IS NO PAYMENT REQUIRED FOR THE REGISTRATION PROCESS. Once a student is registered, they receive their login/password for the website and can start using LearningHour services.

Each student who registers on LearningHour is given a FREE demonstration session for him to experience LearningHour tutoring on his own. Post the FREE Demo the student may subscribe to any of LearningHour packages, make the requisite payment and start taking LearningHour tutoring on a regular basis.

In order to undertake Online Tutoring from LearningHour, a student must have the following

A Digital Pen Tablet is a device containing a Pad much like a Mousepad and an electronic Pen. The Pen is used to write on the Pad and the writing instantly appears on the computer monitor. This allows students and tutors to write on screen as if they were using a notebook. Digital Pen Tablets are widely available and range from USD$30 to US$100 in price, depending on make and size.

LearningHour Recommended Model: Model WP 5540 from UCL tech. The price of this model is $45 or INR 1800.

Students in India and UAE can purchase this model from us. Please email us your address and we would let you know the courier charges and delivery time required.

SPECIAL OFFER: LearningHour will provide a Digital pen FREE with the purchase of any LH package worth more than RS 10,000.

Please note that A DIGITAL PEN IS RECOMMENDED BUT NOT NECESSARY. LearningHour Tutoring Interface has a special mathematical keyboard which the students can use to write mathematical symbols.

LearningHour offers tutoring across varied curriculums including CBSE/ ICSE/ GCSE/ IGCSE/ GCE etc, and varied subjects including Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Accounts, Economics, English, French, Hindi, Arabic. LearningHour also has special preparatory programs for standardized examinations like IIT-JEE, AIEEE, SAT and TOEFL.

LearningHour is able to provide tutoring to any student in any curriculum, as the basic concepts in subjects like Maths, Physics etc. remain the same across all curriculums across the world, with minor pedagogical changes. LearningHour tutors will study the student's textbooks and customize their material and tutoring to the particular student's curriculum.

LearningHour offers only INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES to its students.

Individual packages are one to one and come in duration of 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months. There are a fixed number of tutoring sessions and testing sessions in each package, however if a student is not able to utilize these hours within the specified duration, these hours get carried forward automatically. Students can also create a customized package which can be used across subjects and across duration. Individual packages offer complete flexibility of scheduling and customized pace of learning to students.

LearningHour will refund your money if you are not satisfied with our services. Refunds will be made for any unused amount of tutoring, in the same manner as the fees was paid.

Apart from the Live Tutoring, LearningHour provides a large number of Concept Notes and assignments on every topic which are prepared by LearningHour team of certified expert tutors. LearningHour will also provide you with access to over 20,000 SMARTCLASS™ modules which will improve your conceptual clarity through multi-media based teaching. Besides all this, LearningHour has created special tests for diagnostics and revision of each major topic cluster in your curriculum.

LearningHour tracks your progress through a chronological report of all the tests conducted by LearningHour. LearningHour has a large repository of specially made tests for each important topic cluster, covering the entire syllabus. These tests are administered on a routine basis and the results are displayed on your login, along with information pertaining to your performance compared to other LearningHour students. In addition to this, LearningHour tutors, regularly provides and checks homework assignments given to you, which are specially designed to enhance comprehension of key concepts.

LearningHour also understands the psychological stress built up on you just before the exams and strives to provide Extra tutoring sessions to you before their exams.

Leaning Hour TEST Series for 10th and 12th class Board students is extremely popular as these MOCK papers replicate the real exams and hence act as very effective practicing tool for all its students.

LearningHour believes that each student is unique and needs a unique approach. However, there is a detailed guidance framework for our tutors to follow while teaching, ensuring that each topic is covered thoroughly and in a standardized manner. The duration of time taken by a student to cover a course varies, but the coverage remains constant. Each student is helped in covering their entire syllabus well within time for their examinations, with enough time left over for personal or LearningHour assisted revision.

You can monitor the progress of your child by seeing their test results and the periodic tutor feedback, in their login. All tutors are required to provide periodic feedback on certain pre defined parameters for every student. All LearningHour tutors are also advised to talk to every parent, at least once every month to keep them updated on their child's progress.

LearningHour tutors are selected after a rigorous and highly efficient evaluation process. Tutors are selected on the basis of three key criteria:

Selected tutors then undergo a 3 week training program where all their above skills are enhanced and they are trained on the various pedagogical aspects of online tutoring.

Further we have a dedicated quality team which samples the recordings of sessions on a regular basis. There are strict penalties for tutors not adhering to LearningHour quality standards. All our tutors also go through a monthly evaluation where they are tested again to ensure they are keeping abreast with the latest course.

Sessions affected by technical problems attributable to LearningHour or Force Majeure are not counted and re-scheduled to another date/time. Sessions attributable to student side technical problems are evaluated based on the duration of the problem and accordingly re-scheduled. LearningHour will only count those sessions which are free form any technical hitch.

LearningHour has a vast pool of exceptionally well trained, highly qualified and richly experienced tutors, and assigns the optimal tutor for each student who wishes to undertake tutoring with us. Students are not provided the choice of tutors as they are unaware of each tutors strengths, availability etc, and would be hard pressed to choose a tutor from the hundreds of equally good tutors on LearningHour. All tutors have a post-graduate degree in their subject and come with years of tutoring experience and excellent credentials. Tutors then undergo a rigorous training period with LearningHour before they are allowed to tutor students.

However, LearningHour will change the assigned tutor if either the tutor leaves LearningHour, or if the student is not responding to a particular tutor or on a student's request, till such time as the student finds a suitable tutor.

Once you subscribe to LearningHour, you will be assigned a tutor for a particular subject. Once assigned you can view your tutor's availability on the website, and accordingly schedule their sessions as per their own convenience.

You can Cancel/Re-schedule a session at any time, subject to a minimum of 24 hours before the session time. Each session is of ONE Hour duration but may be extended mutually by the tutor/student depending upon your needs.