to australia’s higher education staff: we want to support your work and expertise
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To Australia’s Higher Education staff:
We want to support your work and
expertise.
Why right now?
More students
More online study
More choice
More international students
More pressure on staffStaff to student ratio, High School to Higher Ed
And, across Australia, up to
30% of first year students
are leaving
What does an at-risk student look like?
What does an at-risk student look like?Part-time? Mature? Young? NESB? Male?
Low-SES? Employed? Never signs in online? No engagement?
Severely at-risk
What does an at-risk student look like?Actually, the biggest group aren’t your typical risk
cases.
Likely graduates
Risk cases
What does an at-risk student look like?However, studies on completion show
that the majority of at-risk students actually make up the ‘middle’ ground.
Likely graduates
Risk casesAt risk of either success or failure, and are difficult to
identify
What does an at-risk student look like?
However…"Small academic improvements correlate with greatly heightened chances of graduation. Just a small nudge – one-on-one tutoring, time management counselling – could keep a
student on track to graduate."insidehighered.com, Charlie Tyson's "The Murky Middle"
That’s why your students now have YourTutor for
one-to-one helpafter-hours, 3pm – midnight. Outside your consult hours, or when you just can’t
personally be on-call to help with a question for all your students.
9:45pm“I need assistance please for my Ratios Analysis Report in accounting. I have no idea how to calculate the required ratios from the data provided...PLEASE HELP!”
4:55pm “I’m stuck on this physics circuitry question in Electrotechnology.”
11:05pm “I’ve been doing this report all night, can I drop-off my file here to get some writing feedback?”
7:05pm “Just a quick question, I just want to check I’m on the right track with this equation…”
YourTutor is on-demand help and academic intervention:
8:30pm“I really don’t know how to start this assignment, can you help me understand what the question is asking?
How does YourTutor work?
How does YourTutor work?
How does YourTutor work?
The tutor helps students discover the answer on their own, to develop confidence as well as learning.
Where can students use YourTutor?
On campusAt homeAt work
In fact, anywhere with an internet connection3pm – late, Sunday to Friday
Who are the online tutors?
Only the best, local Australian teachers, tutors, and university experts
See who they are:yourtutor.com.au/tutor-biographies
What subjects can the tutors help with?
AccountingMicroeconomicsMacroeconomics
MarketingStatistics
Report writing
Whether for business courses…
Mechanical engineeringElectrical engineering
Maths foundationsPhysics foundations
For engineering…
Biology foundationsChemistry foundations
Physics foundations
Support for nursing, health, and more…
Study skillsLibrary skills
Research skills
Essential skills for all courses…
EnglishGrammar
Report and essay writingReferencing and citations
Speeches
…or writing support for all courses and
students, YourTutor is the safety net.
Tip: Remind all your students to get feedback
from YourTutor before submitting their final to you. The work you get
will be more thoughtful, as students act on the
tutor’s guidance on English, literacy,
structure, and response.
In YourTutor, your students can ALSO
drop off a file
One of our expert tutors will provide the student with personalised feedback in 24 hours.
English and writing help?
"Students who use YourTutor do better overall."
Sue Kokonis, Academic Director, Swinburne Online
“They were very informative and
straightforward. I could learn the concept with
a direct example from my own work and that
really helped.”
- University of Western Sydney, student, NSW
"What a lovely experience. Actually focused on how to tackle the question instead of just giving
me answers. As a Chinese student studying in Australia, It is kinda hard to understand all the
concepts in class,Because I’m a ESL speaker ,I would need that extra help, but the teacher wont
have enough time to help everyone,This is where Yoututor really stand out from the rest of the
online tutoring sites.At first I thought its another tutor website with tonnes of scripted lines and
bots,I didn't give much hope to it ,until I tried it today,Its just like a tutor that helps you in every
subject.Now, not all tutors can do that and all of this are just for FREE.I will be using Yoututor more
often,improving on my English skills and essay writing. I'm glad to be one of the students
witnessing the turning point of future education.
ZeMing Jiang, student, Western Australia
“Very helpful, I feel much better about it.
Thankyou.”
- Swinburne Online
We all know students are busy and distracted.
You can consistently remind students YourTutor is free for them,
exclusively and unlimited as part of their enrolment.
Contact your local YourTutor Director for free staff information, to set up a staff training, for free materials and template email copy, student training videos, and
more.
Lecturers, what can you do?
“Need English, maths, engineering or other help quickly?
Thanks to ECU, you get on-demand help from the ‘YourTutor’ service: Real life experts waiting
to help with your question, 3pm to late, Sun-Fri.
You need to sign in to myECU, at https://blackboard.ecu.edu.au/ ”
Tip: Edit the text below for your next email to students, or to add to the student forum, intranet space,
or your out-of-hours email signature
