As a 5th year med student, I watched hours wasted needlessly
I watched educators spend hours on materials students never used. Here is why it failed and what I built with Neobloc.
As a 5th year med student, I watched hours wasted needlessly.
Professors poured time into quizzes and guides. Students skimmed them or guessed answers. That was my class too.
What I noticed was simple. Materials were long and dense. They assumed we had time to read every word, and that we studied like a textbook.
Lectures were full of great content. The slides were packed. But the moment we had to study alone, the resources fell apart. We needed quick, repeatable ways to test and remember facts.
Quizzes often felt like checkbox exercises. I could tell when a quiz was made for grading rather than learning. My classmates guessed through questions, then complained the exam didn't match the practice.
Teachers also struggled with format. PDFs and long handouts are easy to create. They are hard to integrate into a student's daily routine. We want short bursts, spaced review, and clear cues on what matters.
Feedback loops were missing. When students ignored a resource, educators rarely saw why. Was it timing, length, or the wrong emphasis? From my side, I wanted to tell them, but the tools made that hard.
There is a gap between how educators design materials and how students actually study. It is not about effort. It is about fit. A 20 page guide can be brilliant and still useless if it never matches real study habits.
I realized this as both a consumer and a critic of teaching materials. That led me to build Neobloc, to help bridge the gap between educator effort and student use.
Neobloc focuses on bite sized, reusable learning blocks that fit into real study routines. It gives teachers a way to make materials actionable, and students a way to actually use them.
Curious how other educators handle this. DM me or drop a comment.