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work area-The term ‘workplace’ refers to the physical installations where the production/work of the company is undertaken, such as a farm, laboratory or testing area.

work experience-Knowledge gained from having been in contact with the labour market through working.

work placement-The activity where students are placed outside their institution for part of their study period in order to acquire work-related skills, for instance to do teaching practice in a school, or to work in a factory.

workload-A quantitative measure of all learning activities that may be feasibly required for the achievement of learning outcomes (lectures, seminars, practical work, private study, information retrieval, research, examinations). 60 credits measure the workload of a full-time student during one academic year. The student workload of a full-time study programme in Europe amounts in most cases to 36/40 weeks per year and in those cases one credit stands for 25 to 30 working hours.
Source: Bergen Ministers' Meeting Glossary http://www.bologna-bergen2005.no/

workplace-based learning-Learning acquired in the work place, normally under the supervision of a person from the same company as well as a professional teacher from outside the company.