Questions & Answers

Proftor is a recall-first AI learning platform organised around Study Spaces. Teachers build Study Spaces where students practise guided recall. Schools and institutes manage Teaching Institutes to connect teachers, Study Spaces, and students. Families and adults can support learners with a personal Patron plan.

A Study Space is the frame where a teacher's curriculum, a set of students, and guided recall practice come together. It connects the teaching intention, the assigned lessons, the funding source, and the student's learning activity. Students open their Study Space, complete Socrates-guided recall sessions, and see their progress. A Study Space can serve a single student, a small group, or a whole class.

A Teaching Institute is the organisational umbrella in Proftor. Schools, language schools, tutoring centres, training providers, and private teachers all operate as Teaching Institutes. Inside a Teaching Institute, teachers work together, share curriculum, and manage Study Spaces. Managers administer the institute through the Proftor Console. A private teacher with their own students is also a Teaching Institute — simplified, without a separate manager.

Proftor Studio is the teacher-facing workspace. Teachers use it to create and manage curriculum, build Study Spaces, assign lessons, invite students, and review learning reports. Proftor Studio is focused on educational work — not billing or administration.

Proftor Console is the management area for Teaching Institute managers. Managers use it to invite teachers, oversee Study Spaces, manage student connections, buy and allocate Study Credits, set the billing cycle, and view institute-level usage reports.

Yes. Proftor has a personal Patron model for families and individuals. A parent can buy a Personal or Family plan and support one or more learners across the Study Spaces they are connected to. Parents can also follow a child's activity and approve or revoke the child's connection to a Teaching Institute. The Patron plan is separate from the Teaching Institute — a parent paying for their child's access is not the same as a school funding access through Study Credits.

Teaching Institutes buy Study Credits in bulk. Credits fund Socrates-guided sessions across the institute's Study Spaces. One Study Credit covers one full session for one student, consumed only after the student meaningfully engages — not by simply opening a session. Unused credits roll over for one billing period. This model is fairer than fixed seat licences because usage reflects actual study activity, not headcount.

No. Proftor uses recall, but it is not designed as a trivia game, multiple-choice test, or quiz platform. Students are invited to explain what they remember in their own words. The goal is learning practice, not exam pressure.

No. Teachers define the educational intention, the learning material, and what matters. Proftor supports the practice that happens after the lesson and gives teachers clearer signals about what students remembered, missed, or misunderstood.

General AI chatbots often give direct answers. Proftor is designed to guide recall instead. It helps students think through what they know, put their understanding into words, and move towards the important points of a lesson without becoming passive recipients of answers.

Socrates is Proftor's guided recall engine. It helps students recall what they learned, think it through, and put it into their own words. It does not simply provide answers. It reacts to what the student says, encourages clarification, gives hints when needed, and guides the student towards the important points defined by the teacher or institution.

Proftor is based on recall-first learning, supported by retrieval practice, active recall, and spaced practice. Spacing matters because students benefit from returning to knowledge over time, but Proftor is not only a spaced repetition tool. Its main focus is guided recall: helping students actively bring knowledge back, think it through, and express it in their own words.

It is a way to open a guided recall session directly from a link, without login or navigation. It is the fastest way to experience how Socrates guides a learner through what they remember — useful for first impressions, stakeholder demos, and quick trials.

Yes. During the pilot phase, selected education providers can test Proftor with real learning material. Early partners can explore how guided recall works in their context and help shape the product before wider release.

No. Proftor can also support training providers, language schools, tutoring organisations, exam preparation centres, course creators, and professional learning environments — anywhere that retention matters after a lesson or training session.

Proftor works with any subject where students need to recall and explain what they learned. It has been designed to work across humanities, sciences, languages, and professional training topics alike.

Proftor does not produce grades. It produces learning signals — indicators of what was remembered, what was vague, and what was missing. These are meant to inform teachers and support students, not to judge or rank.

Proftor is inspired by well-established findings from learning science, especially retrieval practice, active recall, and spaced practice. Roediger and Karpicke showed that retrieval practice can produce stronger long-term retention than repeated study, especially after a delay. Dunlosky and colleagues gave practice testing a high utility rating because its benefits generalised across different learners, materials, and learning conditions.