IOTa (International Online Tutors Association)

John Stuppy, MBA, Ph.D. founded IOTa in 2007. Dr. Stuppy is a global expert in online tutoring. He launched the first online tutoring platform in 1995, earned 21 patents and has built and grown education technology, tutoring, test prep, assessment and professional development programs for world leading education companies. IOTa is a free, open community for online tutoring professionals to identify & share best practices, empower education and business management tools, address challenging issues and advance the state-of-the-art in eLearning. Online learning is a rapidly growing segment in the tutoring space and it has proven to be more effective, affordable, convenient, scalable and replicable. Members will network and tackle business and education topics including education technology, effective online content, teaching methods, teacher recruitment & monitoring, , assessment, instructional delivery and supervision, child safety, learning management, reporting, blended learning, flipped classrooms and customer satisfaction & retention.