The Inquisitive Flow Method.

What is the method?

Your question leads. You get a direct answer first, then you choose what comes next.

Most training delivers content planned in advance to an audience that listens. The Inquisitive Flow Method starts from a different premise: people learn when they are ready to learn, not when they are forced to. After every answer, three paths open.

Deeper

The foundations. “What do I need to understand this better?”

Wider

The connections. “What else is this connected to?”

Practical

Applying it. “How does this show up in real life?”

How does it work?

In five steps that begin again with every new question.

1. 1

   Ask

   It starts with a real question: yours, or your group’s.
2. 2

   Receive

   A direct, clear answer. No detours, no guessing games.
3. 3

   Map

   Each idea finds its place among the others, so you can see how they connect.
4. 4

   Choose

   Deeper, wider or practical: you choose what comes next.
5. 5

   Grow

   Question after question, the map grows, and good habits stick.

Live them in ten minutes: the homepage experience

Where does the method come from?

From ideas studied for a long time, which the method brings together in a single loop.

Heutagogy

Self-determined learning. Studied for decades: the learner guides the direction of their own exploration.

Paul & Elder, 2007

Socratic questioning. Systematic questions that clarify assumptions, examine evidence and consider other perspectives.

Black & Wiliam, 1998

Formative assessment. Low-stakes checks used for learning, not grading: you spot the gaps and focus your effort there.

When learners guide the direction of their own exploration, they engage more deeply and build real understanding rather than surface memorization. The method sits at the heart of every Inquisitive Flow project, including OYEE.

The full science of the method, on inquisitiveflow.ca

Why does it fit AI literacy?

Because a machine that answers confidently is best understood by people trained to ask the next question.

• Adults and teens arrive with real questions, and often real worries, about AI. That is where we start.
• No software walkthrough and no list of prompt tips: we start from your tools, your work and your policies.
• Faced with each answer from the machine, people learn to ask what comes next: where does it come from, what does it touch, what do I do with it.
• Everyone leaves seeing how their ideas connect, with the habit of asking “deeper, wider, practical”.

And in a workshop?

The same path, lived with your group.

1. 1

   Your questions first.

   The workshop opens with the group’s questions: its tools, its work, its doubts.
2. 2

   A direct answer.

   Plain and clear, no detours.
3. 3

   Something to try together.

   A demonstration, an experiment, a comparison.
4. 4

   A shared map.

   On the board, each idea finds its place beside the others.
5. 5

   The next question.

   The group chooses: deeper, wider or practical.

What does a workshop look like?

Observe, experiment, understand.

1. 1

   An experiment that raises a question.

   Change the context of a prediction. Compare a summary with its source. Make a usually hidden mechanism visible.
2. 2

   A discussion that exercises judgment.

   Participants explain their choices. The educator tests reasoning against evidence, welcomes uncertainty and helps the group develop criteria.
3. 3

   A connection to your day-to-day work.

   We connect learning to your tasks and constraints. Free resources remain available after the workshop so you can keep practising.

Where does the name OYEE come from?

OYEE stands for Open Your Eyes, Explore.

First, you open your eyes to what AI really is, and what it is not. Then you explore it with others: you experiment, discuss and check. That is the heart of our workshops.

In French, the same letters say the same thing: Ouvrir les Yeux, Explorer Ensemble, open your eyes, explore together.

The name also echoes “Oyez!”, the town crier’s call: you come to listen, then you open your eyes.

Who leads it?

Elias Tanbe, award-winning adult-education teacher (2025), with three colleagues who are experienced teachers.

An educator and learning designer, Elias has more than fifteen years in education, with particular attention to how different people learn.

A program coordinator and graphic-design educator in Montréal adult education, he designs learning experiences that make complex ideas concrete. His work includes attention to neurodivergent communities.

He founded Inquisitive Flow, the family of educational projects that includes OYEE, and he leads the workshops. Three colleagues, experienced teachers, join him, for example for larger groups or several groups at once. Workshops are offered in French and English.

Elias’s background

And in software?

Two Inquisitive Flow software products are built on the same method.

• Mnemosyne For learners. The homework-help tutor for students and adults, anchored in the Québec curriculum.
• Aethon For schools. AI built for the classroom: teachers set the topics, adjust the tutor’s dials, align it with the curriculum and follow it all on a dashboard.

In both, every answer is verified by Aegis, which recomputes the mathematics with a symbolic engine and checks claims against the official curriculum. Your data stays in Canada, hosted in Central Canada. These are software products; OYEE workshops take place in person.