iLab — a new course form

The iLab is multiple things at once:

1. It is a practical exercise at several universities that has been attended by more than 350 students (numbers of 2010).
2. It is an innovative design of a practical exercise that consists of
• A didactical concept.
• A web based platform that is fully tailored to the concept.
• Apropriate content that follows the concept.

The iLab concept was originally developed by me and Uwe Bilger in 2003. Basically it is supporting the students a lot in the very important theoretical preparation for the practical exercise. The intensive preparation gives them the ability to have a highly improved experience in the practical part almost guaranteeing a sense of achievement.

The concept proved to lead to much better student satisfaction than comparable course concepts. This is expressed by the enormous popularity the course has at all universities we introduced it.

This course was initially created in 2004 by me an Uwe Bilger. It is always getting improved.