Marketers found it when ChatGPT started writing first drafts.
Now, teachers are next.
That’s why I’ve coined the phrase “Vibe Teaching” — and the people leading it, “Vibe Teachers.” Let me explain what I mean: teachers who don’t just use AI, but work with it — rhythmically, instinctively — turning automation into amplification.
So what is Vibe Teaching?
It’s not a method. It’s a movement.
Vibe Teaching is what happens when teachers use AI to automate the parts of their job that never made them better teachers — the late-night lesson planning, the repetitive marking, the endless paperwork.
Instead of starting with a blank page, a teacher gives AI a prompt:
“Create a Year 5 science lesson on habitats with quiz questions and images.”
Seconds later, a full set of resources appears — editable, adaptable, and ready to teach.
It’s not replacing teachers. It’s returning time to them.
A Digital Blend
Vibe Teaching blends human and digital intelligence. AI takes care of the admin; the teacher takes care of the child. Lessons are more personal, marking is faster, and planning feels lighter. It’s teaching with rhythm again — not just reaction.
The Bigger Picture
Just as “vibe coding” made developers more creative and “vibe marketing” made campaigns more agile, “vibe teaching” makes classrooms more human.
AI doesn’t flatten the teacher’s role — it amplifies it. The future of education won’t be about humans versus machines. It’ll be about teachers who vibe with the technology — and those who don’t.
For years, the future of work was promised as something sleek, frictionless, and liberating. Artificial Intelligence, the latest and most fashionable incarnation of this future, has now arrived in the office with the sort of inevitability usually reserved for government IT failures and train delays. But unlike those, AI appears to be sticking — and its impact on how we work and learn may prove more profound than either its evangelists or critics care to admit.
The headlines tend to swing between extremes. On one side, Silicon Valley prophets declaring that AI will transform the workplace into a utopia of efficiency, freeing employees from drudgery. On the other, unions and sceptics warning of mass redundancies, surveillance, and the death of human judgement. The truth, as ever, lies somewhere in between — and the most important battleground may turn out not to be jobs at all, but learning.
Workplace learning has long been a Cinderella function: tolerated, occasionally funded, but often poorly integrated into the real work of business. Training days are tick-box exercises, compliance courses dreaded rituals. AI promises to change that by making learning continuous, contextual and, crucially, personalised. Instead of generic modules, employees could have systems that know what they’re working on, where they’re struggling, and what skills they’ll need next.
This, at least, is the vision. The reality is still uneven. Early deployments of AI in workplace learning have been patchy: clunky chatbots that answer the wrong question, algorithms that recommend irrelevant content, or systems that drown staff in notifications. Yet there are signs of something better. Large employers are already experimenting with AI tutors, capable of tailoring support to individual workers in real time. For younger employees, used to on-demand everything, this is less novelty than expectation.
The question is whether British businesses — often more cautious, less well funded, and saddled with legacy systems — can keep up. There is a risk of a two-tier workplace: those with access to intelligent learning tools and those without. In sectors like healthcare, manufacturing, and transport, that divide could have real consequences for safety and productivity.
Then there is the matter of trust. Workers are understandably wary of systems that both train them and track them. If AI is to help people learn, it must be seen as a partner, not a spy. The difference between supportive feedback and algorithmic micromanagement is fine — and easily crossed.
For all that, the potential is hard to ignore. If Britain is serious about improving productivity — stagnant for more than a decade — then AI in workplace learning offers one of the few genuinely new levers to pull. It will not replace the need for good managers, motivated staff, or decent pay. But it could finally drag workplace learning out of the seminar room and into the flow of daily work, where it belongs.
Whether that happens will depend less on the technology and more on whether employers choose to use it well. AI can make learning sharper, faster, and more relevant. But if it becomes just another compliance tool or cost-cutting exercise, its promise will evaporate as quickly as the last set of management fads.
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Take a Whole-School Approach to CPD
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• Assign mandatory training with ease
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High-Quality Content
With over 400 hours of curated CPD, Learn Anywhere supports:
• Whole-school safeguarding and duty of care
• Professional studies and critical thinking
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Most companies still treat learning like it’s stuck in the early 2000s. A clunky LMS. Static PDFs. Maybe a video or two if you’re lucky.
But work has changed. So should learning.
At Webanywhere, we’ve stopped pretending yesterday’s tools will solve today’s challenges. We’ve built something new — platforms that actually fit the way modern teams work.
Because here’s the truth: learning doesn’t happen in isolation anymore. It happens in the middle of meetings. In short bursts between projects. In the moments when you need it most — not weeks later in a stuffy training session.
That’s why our Learning Management Systems and Experience Platforms are built with a different mindset:
Live cohort-based learning that feels more like a team huddle than a lecture
Microlearning that slots into your day, not your diary
Real-time analytics so L&D teams can see what’s working and what’s not
And yes — AI that finally does something useful. From smart coaching prompts to automating the admin no one wants to touch
The outcome?
Less wasted time.
More engaged learners.
Better business results.
This isn’t some abstract idea or five-year plan. It’s here. It’s working. And it’s helping organisations learn smarter every day.
We’re not just building software. We’re designing the future of learning — and making it fit the reality of work.
Let’s stop dragging people through outdated systems and start giving them tools that meet them where they are. That’s what we’re doing at Webanywhere.
The future of learning isn’t coming.
It’s already here.
Most workplace learning systems are built backwards.
They’re designed around organisational structure—departments, job roles, hierarchies, compliance. They tick boxes. They please auditors. But they rarely serve the learner in the moment that matters most: the moment they need help.
That’s the wrong way round.
What if learning wasn’t something employees “did” once a quarter, or once a year?
What if it was something that just… fit?
Fit the flow, not the form
Think about how we actually learn at work.
We learn when we’re stuck.
We learn in the hallway.
We learn from a nudge.
We learn when we have to—not when the LMS says we should.
So why are most learning systems built like rigid filing cabinets? You log in, click through a module, pass a quiz, and tick a box. Rinse and repeat. That’s not learning. That’s admin with nicer colours.
At Webanywhere, we’re flipping that model.
We’re building learning systems that adapt to the rhythm of real work.
Live cohort sessions.
Microlearning bursts.
Real-time analytics.
Pushes and nudges—not pages and pages.
AI changes the game
Now layer in AI.
Imagine you’re a manager onboarding a new hire. Instead of recording a long, generic training video, you send quick voice notes using Sound Branch. Your voice is transcribed, organised, and made searchable. The new hire listens when it suits them—while commuting, between meetings, or just before a task.
Want to coach your team? AI can summarise their voice responses. Spot hesitation. Flag common questions. Suggest improvements.
This is learning in motion. Not locked in a PowerPoint.
Sound Branch turns conversation into knowledge. Not just for learners—but for leaders too.
Learning out loud
Let’s be honest: written content gets ignored.
Email updates get skimmed.
Nobody watches the 17-minute video.
But people listen to people.
That’s why Watch and Learn puts real people front and centre.
You want to share a new process? Record yourself explaining it. You want feedback on a project? Drop a video and let others respond with theirs. You want to coach someone through a task? Hop into a live session—or leave an async voice note.
With Watch and Learn, your people become the content. No need for production crews or endless editing. Just hit record, share your thinking, and move on.
The result? Faster feedback. More human connection. A living learning culture.
Learning meets community
Let’s zoom out.
Learning doesn’t happen in isolation. It’s social.
It’s informal.
It spreads sideways before it goes up or down.
You’ve got a team off-site? A product launch? A leadership summit? Host it virtually. But not as another boring webinar.
Use EventAnywhere’s live stage for keynote sessions.
Use the Expo Hall to network.
Use click-to-dial and smart chat to keep conversations going.
Use AI-powered transcription and summarisation to capture every learning moment.
Now, instead of one-off events, you’ve got an always-on community. Your people can go back. Rewatch sessions. Follow up. Stay connected. That’s how learning sticks.
Simpler systems, stronger habits
The truth is, most organisations already have what they need to build a learning culture.
You don’t need more content.
You don’t need more tools.
You don’t need to gamify it.
You just need to simplify the experience and trust your people.
When learning happens in the flow of work—and when you let voice, video, and human connection do the heavy lifting—you get:
Faster onboarding
Stronger engagement
Better retention
Happier teams
And you don’t burn out your L&D team in the process.
Final thought
The future of learning isn’t more tech.
It’s less friction.
At Webanywhere, we’re building the platforms that make that possible. Sound Branch, for voice-first knowledge. Watch and Learn, for human-centred training. Event Anywhere, for always-on learning communities.
We don’t believe in box-ticking systems.
We believe in learning that fits.
From spare room to global reach. No funding. No shortcuts. Just belief, resilience.
It didn’t begin with a five-year plan or a flashy pitch deck. Just a spark. One idea, a second-hand computer, and a spare room in Yorkshire.
I was 25. No funding. No office. No safety net. Just a gut feeling that the internet could change education. That schools deserved more than static pages and endless paperwork. That teachers and students deserved better tools—and a better experience.
So in 2003, I started Webanywhere.
The early days were far from glamorous. I juggled freelance jobs to make rent. I knocked on school doors, showed my prototype, and hoped someone would listen. I did the coding. I answered support calls. I chased invoices and squashed bugs. Everything took longer than expected. Every small win felt like a mountain climbed.
Then a headteacher took a chance. One school site turned into ten, then fifty. And just like that, it wasn’t just me anymore. We were a team. We had momentum. A culture began to take shape. A mission was born.
Over the next two decades, we grew—across sectors, across borders. We expanded into the US and Poland. We launched products like:
Sound Branch, to make voice searchable and learning conversational.
Event Anywhere, to bring people together, no matter where they were.
Each product had one thing in common: purpose. We weren’t building tech for the sake of it. We were building to make learning more human.
But growth doesn’t come without challenges. We’ve weathered recessions, pandemics, and the occasional knife in the back—like when a competitor poached staff. Deals fell through. Doubt crept in.
Still, I didn’t give up.
Because for me, Webanywhere has never just been a company. It’s a promise. A promise to my team that their work means something. A promise to our customers that we’ll always try to do the right thing. And a promise to my kids that persistence matters more than talent.
Now, two decades on, we’ve supported thousands of schools and businesses, and reached millions of learners. But it’s not the numbers I think about—it’s the people:
The SEN teacher who helped a nonverbal student find their voice using oracy tools.
The L&D manager using voice notes to train shift workers in their own time.
The headteacher in a rural village who finally feels heard online.
And me? I’m still here in Yorkshire. Still dreaming. Still building. Still believing the best ideas don’t start with big budgets—they start with belief.
That’s why we believe in second chances. I struggled with reading as a kid. I had to work harder to keep up. That experience shaped me. It’s why we build platforms that are simple, inclusive, and powerful.
We believe in resilience. We’ve had our share of knocks. But we get back up—because the work matters.
We believe in people. My family. My team. Our customers. Relationships are everything.
And we believe in lifelong learning. Whether you’re seven or seventy, there’s always something new to learn. That’s what drives us forward.
Webanywhere was built with grit, hope, and belief.
Welcome! As MD of Webanywhere Ltd, I'm interested in everything to do with e-learning and the web.
Amongst my random thoughts and witterings, I'll keep this blog up to date with some of the best ideas and resources that I find online, plus snippets from our company news.
