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Studies have shown that peer tutoring increases the knowledge of both tutors and tutees. Finding tutors can mean frustration in sourcing the right tutor, searching for funding, booking scarce appointments, and potentially hiring a tutor that is not qualified. The challenges I just mentioned are real for students and impact learners\u2019 ability to not only keep up in the classroom, but to experience the love of learning in a subject because they don\u2019t feel they are innately \u2018good at it.\u2019 It is well understood that during the COVID-19 pandemic, instructors were forced to pivot teaching online. Students also had to pivot learning online and missed community face-to-face interactions. The founder of Khan Academy created schoolhouse<\/em>, a platform that brings together those looking for specific knowledge, with those that would like to volunteer tutoring small groups or one-to-one in a virtual community. Tutors are certified through the organization, and it is currently operating in over 100 countries. Tutees not only learn, but they learn that people they have never met before are willing to give of their knowledge freely. That is a powerful lesson in global citizenship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/schoolhouse.world\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo by Wes Hicks on Unsplash <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Studies have shown that peer tutoring increases the knowledge of both tutors and tutees. Finding tutors can mean frustration in sourcing the right tutor, searching…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2022\/06\/Photo-by-Wes-Hicks-on-Unsplash-wes-hicks-4-EeTnaC1S4-unsplash1-1024x683.jpg\")
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