iLAB

Numerous STEM offers have been developed in recent years. Often organized in the form of taster days, workshops or MINT:Barcamp, they can awaken participants' interests or provide practical experience. Thematically, however, these offers are often stand-alone without being linked to other educational offers. 

What should a permanent, didactically meaningful, curricularly anchored, connectable and expandable educational offer in the school and extracurricular sector look like? How should a learning path be designed that allows the learner to explore complex learning objects as independently as possible and make the increase in competence tangible through what has already been achieved, understood and completed? 

These are the initial questions that accompanied the conception and establishment of the iLab@ku, a space with different (digital) teaching and learning materials. The iLab's inventory includes didactically reflected learning and exploration stations that are intended to create access to various STEM topics, either individually or in combination. Various learning stations are dedicated to information technology, for example. They always consist of a hands-on model, an exemplary task and in-depth accompanying materials. The content ranges from binary systems to the concrete application of artificial intelligence in the world of work (https://elearn.ku.de/goto.php?target=crs_731417&client_id=elearnKU). Depending on the selection and processing, the work at the learning stations should gradually contribute to an in-depth understanding of digital technologies and the development of skills in the field of information technology.

The learning stations are primarily used in the training of teachers, but can also be used for school and extracurricular activities.