Just-in-Time Online Tutoring: Supporting Learning Anywhere, Anytime
Author: Ray Schroeder
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Stefan Hrastinski, EDUCAUSE Review
Although there is an abundance of digital education resources, we must find better ways to support learners when and where they have a need. What if learning could be supported anywhere, anytime, based on the needs of learners? Although an abundance of digital education resources are available online, learners have questions and need guidance when they are studying. Just-in-time online tutoring attempts to meet this need. It also has great potential as a complement to scheduled education. Just-in-time learning has been defined as “anywhere, anytime learning that is just enough, just for me and just in time.”1 Margaret Riel outlines three principles of just-in-time learning.