Learning Experience

Curiosity

An interactive exploration of our most powerful inner drive

In this course you'll explore the science of curiosity, discover your curiosity profile, and practise strategies to spark it in yourself and others.

Warm-Up Activity

What Did You Notice Today?

Tap everything that grabbed your attention.

Select at least 3 things you noticed ↑
Definition

What Is Curiosity?

Curiosity is our inner drive — an instinctive force that pushes us to acquire new information and close knowledge gaps.

It is the inner drive that helps us sense the world around us, compelling us to ask questions, explore the unfamiliar, and make meaning from what we discover.

🔍 Seeking new information 🧩 Closing knowledge gaps 🌍 Sensing the world
The Science

Why We're Wired to Explore

Acquiring information is the primary evolutionary purpose of the sense organs, and has been a major driver of evolution for hundreds of millions of years. Kidd & Hayden, 2015
Behaviours

How Curiosity Shows Up

Tap each card to reveal what each behaviour looks like in practice.

🔎
Heightened Attention
Tap to explore ↓
You notice details others miss — a change in tone, an unusual pattern, a gap in the data. Curious people pay closer attention to their environment.
🌧️
Thoughtful Analysis
Tap to explore ↓
Rather than accepting surface-level answers, curious people slow down, ask "why" and "how", and sit with complexity before drawing conclusions.
📌
Persistent Engagement
Tap to explore ↓
Curious people keep going — even when it's hard. They follow threads, revisit problems, and sustain effort beyond initial interest or resistance.
Self-Assessment

What's Your Curiosity Profile?

Rate yourself from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree) on each statement.

02550
✨ Where You Shine
🌱 Where You Could Grow
Practice

Sparking Curiosity in Yourself

As an Evolving Human

🌱
Interrupt the "Knowing" Reflex
10-second pause practice
⌄
What we do naturally

Jump to answers too quickly

What curiosity needs

Space before closure

👉 Try this

The next time you think "I know this" → Ask yourself:
"What might I be overlooking?"

🧠 Why it works Curiosity is blocked by cognitive closure. Slowing down reopens exploration.
🔍
Track What Pulls Your Attention
Awareness of internal signals
⌄
What we ignore

Small moments of interest

What curiosity needs

Awareness of internal signals

👉 Try this (today)

Notice 3 things that made you pause — a thought, a question, a conversation → Ask:
"Why did this catch my attention?"

🧠 Why it works Curiosity often shows up as subtle interest before it becomes action.
🔄
Stay 1 Minute Longer with the Unknown
Micro-challenge for ambiguity
⌄
What we do naturally

Escape confusion quickly

What curiosity needs

Comfort with ambiguity

👉 Try this (60-sec challenge)

When something feels unclear → Don't switch or search immediately → Sit with it for 60 seconds. Ask:
"What questions is this creating?"

🧠 Why it works Research shows curiosity grows when we tolerate uncertainty instead of avoiding it.
👉 Which one will you experiment with today?
Strategies

Sparking Curiosity in Others

For Instructional Designers

Expand each strategy to explore how to apply it.

Knowledge Check

Quick Quiz

Question 1 of 4
Your Next Steps

Where to Go From Here

🎉
Course Complete

You've Finished!

"Curiosity is the mindset to challenge the status quo, to explore, discover and learn."

The fact that you're here means curiosity is already alive in you — and every time you choose to explore, question, or wonder, you're making it stronger.

📦 Version 3 — Ready to Deploy
Open this course in a new browser tab using the ↗ icon above, then use File → Save Page As to download curiosity-course-v3.html — a fully self-contained file ready for hosting on any platform.