Teach learning techniques online in English

Most people are never taught how to learn. They are handed a pile of material and expected to know it, so they fall back on whatever feels productive: reading the chapter again, highlighting half the page, copying notes out neatly. Those habits make a text feel familiar, and familiarity is easy to mistake for knowing it. Then the exam asks the question from a slightly different angle, and the page they read four times will not come back.

Cognitive psychology has been clear on this for decades. Testing yourself beats rereading. Spreading reviews over days and weeks beats cramming the same hours into one night. A learning techniques tutor turns findings like these into a routine one particular student can keep up, built around their own material, deadlines and week.

Why we are looking for learning techniques tutors who teach in English

Clasora shows students the tutors who teach in the language they use the site in. If English is your teaching language, the students reading Clasora in English are the ones who find you.

Here the language of the lesson matters more than it seems. Much of the work is conversation: listening to a student describe how they actually revise, and catching the moment they say “I just go over it again”. Mnemonics depend on language outright: “Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain” helps with the colours of the rainbow only in English. And the Feynman technique, explaining a topic in plain words as if to someone who has never heard of it, has to happen in the language the student thinks in.

Clasora does not employ tutors, and this is an opening rather than a job. You work independently: you set your own prices and hours, and you teach as much or as little as you like. For some tutors it is a side income on two evenings a week. Others teach enough hours for it to stand in for a job.

What teaching learning techniques online on Clasora looks like

This opening is fully remote. Every lesson happens online, and you teach from wherever you live.

Students book from your calendar. They only see the times you have marked as free, shown in their own time zone. You decide how much notice you need and how far ahead people can book.

Lessons run in the browser, with nothing to install on either side, and screen sharing suits this subject well. You can build a flashcard deck with a student in an app such as Anki or Quizlet, draw a mind map of a chapter in a whiteboard app while they tell you what belongs on each branch, or lay out a six-week revision plan in a spreadsheet, working back from the exam date. Some tutors run a Pomodoro block inside the lesson: 25 minutes of work with a timer on screen, then a short break to talk about where attention drifted. The in-call chat is handy for a question the student should answer from memory next time, and background blur keeps your room out of view.

Between lessons, each student has a conversation with you. They can send a photo of their notes, or the timetable they abandoned by Wednesday, and you can reply with a Cornell notes template or a set of practice questions. Messages, files and shared links sit next to the sessions they belong to, so a month later you can both look back at the plan you made. Your own templates can live in your personal file area, and documents can come across from Google Drive. If you plan your week in Google Calendar, it can sync with your Clasora calendar.

What students usually want help with

Remembering what they study: retrieval practice in place of rereading, and spaced repetition, so each review comes just as the material starts to fade.

Memory techniques: the method of loci, where items are placed along a route the student knows well, and mnemonics.

Taking notes: in lectures and from books, with Cornell notes or mind maps, in a form they can test themselves from later.

Reading strategies: surveying a text before reading closely, summarising each section in their own words, and methods such as SQ3R.

Understanding instead of memorising: the Feynman technique, and connecting ideas across a whole course.

Time management for study: splitting a lot of material into sessions, and a weekly plan that survives a busy week.

Concentration: focused blocks with the Pomodoro technique, the phone in another room, and a proper place to study.

Getting started: a small first step for students who keep putting work off, and a routine that does not depend on motivation.

Preparing for exams in general: timed practice questions, mixing topics during revision, and a plan for the final weeks.

Learning as an adult: vocabulary for a new language, or study habits that fit around work and family.

Who we are looking for

You know the main methods well, from retrieval practice and interleaving to the method of loci, and you know which suits which kind of material.

You can tell well-supported methods from popular myths, such as the idea that everyone must be taught in their own “learning style”.

You explain clearly in English and ask good questions, because a student's own account of their study habits is rarely the whole picture.

You stay patient when a plan falls apart in week one, and rebuild it into one the student will keep.

You might be a teacher or lecturer, a graduate in psychology or education, a student who has built a system that works, or someone who trains colleagues at work.

You have a computer with a camera, a microphone and a steady internet connection.

You are 18 or older.

Teaching experience helps, but it is not required.

What you get

No commission. Clasora takes nothing from the price you set.

Free to join and to publish. There is no subscription and no listing fee.

Your own prices. You set a price for each session length, and you can offer a free first session, a good moment to see how a student studies now.

Your own hours. You choose your weekly hours and days off, the notice you need and how far ahead students can book.

A public listing page. Your listing is a page of its own that search engines can find, shown in the language each visitor reads, with your photo, an intro video, what you teach, the languages you speak and your price for each session length.

Reviews on what matters. Students rate you on knowledge, clarity and engagement.

Checked qualifications. You can add your degrees and teaching qualifications to your profile, and a moderator checks them.

Lessons in the browser. Video with screen sharing, background blur and in-call chat, and nothing to install.

How to start

Create an account with the button on this page.

Publish a listing for learning techniques.

Open your calendar and mark the hours you are free.

It takes a few minutes. You accept the terms when you become a tutor, and a moderator checks your listing before it goes live.

Questions tutors ask

Do I need to know the subjects my students are studying?

No. You teach the method, and the student brings the material: a chemistry chapter, notes for a history essay, a list of Spanish verbs. Working on real coursework is often the best way to teach: the student sees a technique pay off on something they have to learn anyway.

Do I need a qualification in psychology or education?

No. You need a solid command of study methods and the ability to explain them clearly. This is teaching people how to study, not therapy or counselling. If you hold a relevant degree or a teaching qualification, add it to your profile and a moderator will check it.

Can I teach only part of the subject, such as memory techniques?

Yes. Your listing says what you teach, so you can offer the whole subject or only the parts you know best.

How do I get paid?

Card payments are not switched on yet. For now a booking is confirmed without a card, and you and the student settle payment directly. Clasora takes no commission on what you charge.