Learning Island

A learning island was introduced as a decentralised learning form to the operational initial and further training and in the business sector.

Conception characteristics:

• Learning islands are workplaces supplemented by learning materials in which real work assignments are carried out and training is conducted.
• Work assignments suffice for the criteria of integral work; they offer good opportunities by learning with their complexity, problem content and variety riches.
• Work is carried out in groups in the learning island in which the form of organisation is structured on the principle of partly autonomous teamwork.
• Learning islands can also function as innovation points in the work process, primarily for innovations in work organisation and social and methodical fields.