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“A Student Is Not a Vessel to Be Filled, But A Fire to Be Kindled.” Our education system is still based on knowledge dissemination. It does not equip students with the tools they need for critical and constructive thinking, which are essential skills in the workplace. In fact, instruction methods are so outdated that 56% of students report not listening in class. On the other hand, 68% of professors struggle to make their students participate. This situation is problematic as a study from the Council for Aid to Education showed that 40% of college seniors lack complex reasoning skills, as well as other critical soft skills in the workplace – communication skills, interpersonal skills, research skills, problem-solving skills, the ability to convince an audience, etc. These soft skills are as important as hard skills and often make the difference between two candidates seeking a job. iDeaRoom is an online interface that helps professors provide their students with opportunities to build their critical thinking skills. Through virtual debate rooms, professors can engage their students in the discipline they are teaching and help them link it to a subject of current interest so that they can develop a critical mind. iDeaRoom is using the Oxford Debate Model – one of the most powerful debate models in the United States – to help students learn beyond the classroom. Divided into two distinct phases – the constructive phase and the rebottle phase – this model has been designed to organically highlight the best points of a debate. Through rules that structure the debate into time-limited interventions, participants can prove their point and therefore build their persuasion and conciseness skills. Using the Oxford Debate Model well known for its educational purposes, iDeaRoom provides professors with a “room” of opportunity to improve interactions and participation in class.