our story

I grew up believing learning was supposed to be fun. Mr Cloke, my sixth-grade teacher, gave me that gift. He instilled the thrill of curiosity pulling me deeper—and that set a tone I’ve been chasing ever since. He did it through options. Over the course of the week we were to watch a video. Read a short essay. Listen to this interview. All on the same topic. We came together to discuss not just we learned, but what we remembered most from each version. I thought that was really cool.

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By Junior High School that spark was gone. Learning was suddenly about taking tests to measure how much we had learned. As such, lessons became more and more about passing the test than it was about gathering knowledge on a topic. Learning became rote. All I knew was that learning was no longer fun. 

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Fast forward to 10 years ago, I was leading a group of L&D professionals in a flipped classroom style classroom. We watched training videos and then met to discuss how we would apply them in our jobs. A very reasonable approach, especially for L&D professionals. We created courses ourselves on 

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I’ll never forget that moment. Over time, learning had become a system of one-size-fits-all checkboxes. Watch this video. Read this article.. Take this quiz to prove you were paying attention. The joy was gone.

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That realization stayed with me. I felt that  learning wasn’t supposed to feel like that.

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The Shift

When AI burst onto the scene, I paid attention. Would we see a learning revolution or would it be more of the same, only faster. More dull lessons, now at scale. 

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But what if we used AI differently? What if it wasn’t about more content, but instead about more choice?

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I started picturing a kind of learning I’d always wished for: one where you decide how you want to engage. A video. A podcast. An article. Even the option to choose the voice you want to hear—funny, serious, sharp, or playful. And the freedom to switch whenever you want.

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What learning was like in 6th grade and what it should have been all along.

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Why Camino Exists

Camino is my answer to that circle of glazed-over learners, to my own moments of disengagement, to every time curiosity was dulled by the system.

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It’s a declaration that learning doesn’t have to be standardized or soulless. It can adapt. It can surprise. It can meet people exactly where they are.

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Camino exists to reimagine what learning can be — not a transaction, but a living experience. Because when learning comes alive, it doesn’t just change what you know. It changes what you believe is possible.

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-- Scott Milrad, Founder, Camino Learning