Number of explainers and learners

This page classifies learning situations by the number of explainers (e.g. teachers) and number of learners (e.g. students) present.

Number of explainers	Number of learners	Relation	Examples
one	many		classroom learning
many	many		classroom with multiple teachers
one	one		one-on-one tutoring
one	many	explainer is one of the learners	a group of students studying together and one of them is explaining something
one	one	explainer is the learner	self-studying
many	one		parents explaining something to a child
many	many	each explainer is also a learner	a mutual exchange of information in a conversation