Tips for a Fulfilling Career in E-Tutoring

If you mention to anyone in the education sector that you are an online tutor or an e-moderator as some prefers to refer to e-tutors, the response might not be encouraging as the career of teaching through the Internet is not yet popular. For those who are already e-tutors and are wondering which way forward below are tips that could be helpful in closing the gap between when they finished in the college and when they eventually secured a full career employment. These tips have being helpful to me personally and I am glad to share them.
1. The first thing to do is to prepare online course materials as a way of continuing with knowledge gained while on training. There is danger of losing touch with useful concepts out of school if you do not put them to use. Again if your training as an online tutor included instructional design it is advisable to continue to design courses for the fun of it in order to keep busy and sometime on your way to job interview such works could be demanded by your would-be employer he may like to see a product of your own origin. So get useful textbooks together on courses and adapt them for online study materials.
2. Write for publication
Having studied in this new environment, it is time to convince others of what it is like. Write therefore papers on different aspects of online education, both for academic and non-academic consumptions. Papers of this nature will beef up your profile and enhance your job and career prospects.
3. Join online communities
Online communities are many and various. Many of them help publish your works at no cost, link you to job sites and expose you to contacts with major players in the online education industry.
4. No limit to learning
Do not think you have learnt enough. Every school has their own curriculum which could be unique. Learn from them the way they train their students via their course management system. Get familiar with their mode of course delivery by enrolling on their courses. This will enlarge your scope and skill and hence your career prospects.
5. Search opportunities to use your skills.
Although the job market may not be easy but you could start as a volunteer online tutor. There is need to express yourself while waiting for a full career job. Send your curriculum vitae to job centres and some websites that allow public view of profiles of members.
6. Future Plan.
Join innovative people by creating your own organization in your chosen area in online education either to offer training courses or other services in the industry. It is our collective responsibilities as e-tutors that will promote the profession. It is therefore necessary to do things that will promote it to attain a level that it will serve as a best alternative to face-to-face learning.