All learning necessarily involves experience of some sort, prior and/or current.
However, scrutiny of many contemporary teaching and training practices might lead
one to think otherwise. Much of the impetus for EBL has been a reaction against an
approach to learning which is overly didactic, teacher controlled and involving a
discipline-constrained transmission of knowledge. It supports a more participative,
learner-centred approach, which places an emphasis on direct engagement, rich
learning events and the construction of meaning by learners. EBL is of particular
interest to adult educators because it encompasses formal learning, informal learning,
non-formal learning, lifelong learning, incidental learning and workplace learning.