It is educational control over the learning processes of oneself, which others may also refer to as autonomous or self-directed learning. This self-initiated process by learners deliberately seeks knowledge, skills, and understanding in the absence of a teacher or formal classroom set-up.

This kind of learning is considered to be increasing in its power in the world of the present, which is fast-changing, and that necessarily calls for an adaptive nature and the ability to gain self-growth of knowledge.