A Study on The Effect of Communication And Monitoring Tools In Web-Based Tutoring

Abstract

Among Web-based education activities, tutoring is considered to be very efficient. If many studies focus on learner's role, performance, andx satisfaction, many questions remain about the effect of the media communication on tutor-student interaction. We report on a study comparing tutor-students' interactions on a practical work session. Students and tutor are connected via audio-only or audiovideo links, with or without sharing visual information. Results show that tutors shift the contents of dialogue with students from procedural to contextual sentences, in order to the different media settings.