The invention provides a method of learner-directed education comprising the steps of storing in computer memory one or more pedagogies representing topics to be mastered by a learner one or more of the pedagogies comprising one or more pedagogy items relating to sub-topics of the pedagogy; for one or more of the pedagogy items, storing in computer memory a plurality of instructional approaches to the pedagogy item, the instructional approaches comprising one or more locally stored media items and/or one or more links to remote media items; maintaining in computer memory a learner profile for each learner; providing the learner with a leaning interface to the one or more pedagogies stored in computer memory; updating the learner profile for a learner based on the interaction of the learner with the one or more media items; and displaying to the learner an indication of their mastery of pedagogical items as the learner profile for that learner is updated. The invention also provides a related system and computer program for learner-directed education.