Learning programs, run like real projects
Teach yourself by doing real work.
Anning is where people teach themselves through real assignments, write down how they think, and get their work reviewed. Anyone can be a learner in one program and a reviewer in another.
How it works
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Start a program
Create a learning program, define its roles and what each role may do, and invite people by email.
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Write assignments
Give each assignment a goal, prerequisites, resources, what to do, and a clear definition of done.
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Work on tasks
Members start their own task from an assignment and write down what they already know, their plan, assumptions, and evidence.
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Review and finish
Tasks move through the review workflow your program designs, with submissions, comments, and full history.
Everything a learning program needs
Programs you run your way
Every program has its own roles, capabilities, and members. The owner configures it; members do the work.
Assignments with a clear finish line
Organize assignments by domain, type, and level, and suggest what to take on next.
Tasks that show the thinking
Each task keeps notes on prior knowledge, the plan, assumptions, and sources, so reviewers see how the work was done.
A review workflow you design
Define your own statuses and which capabilities are needed to move a task in or out of each one. Drag cards on the board.
Submissions and feedback
Submit work as many times as needed; earlier submissions are kept. Discuss in threaded comments.
Nothing gets lost
Every status and priority change is recorded with who made it and when. Archive a finished program to keep it read-only.
Why “Anning”
Named after Mary Anning
Mary Anning (1799–1847) was poor, a woman in a scientific community dominated by men, and earned her living selling fossils rather than as an appointed scientist. She was largely self-educated: she taught herself geology and anatomy from the few papers she could borrow and copy by hand, and from the fossils she dug out of the cliffs at Lyme Regis. The leading geologists of her day came to depend on her finds and her knowledge.
If she could teach herself that much with so few sources, anyone can self-learn today, with more information at hand than ever. Anning is built for self-learners: set yourself real assignments, write down what you know, your plan, and your evidence, and get reviews and direction from people who have walked the path before you.
Start your first program
Create an account, set up a program, and invite the people you learn with.