International ILIAS Blog

The 44th ILIAS Development Conference gave the international ILIAS community it's first opportunity to gather together for a major event in the venerable university town of Marburg. Almost 90 members of the community met on the 10th and 11th of September 2025 to find out about the latest ILIAS development trends. The conference got off to a dignified start, being opened by the vice president of the university, Prof. Dr. Yvonne Zimmermann, followed by the awarding of the ILIAS Community Award 2025 to Fabian Schmid.

Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH) relies on a combination of Stud.IP and ILIAS to organise digital teaching and learning processes. Cornelis Kater is part of the e-learning team (ZQS/elsa) and not only has many years of experience, but also a clear vision for open, future-proof educational platforms. In this interview, he explains how the systems at LUH complement each other, what developments are currently underway - and also takes a look at the political framework conditions surrounding open source at universities.

ILIAS... but even quicker, safer and more attractive – is that even possible?
Yes! It is possible, because ILIAS 10 has landed! A host of new features and code improvements will be sure to set our users' hearts a flutter! So let's have a look at them together and get ready to fall in love with ILIAS 10!

More and more schools are using digital learning platforms such as ILIAS. They became increasingly important during the Covid-19 pandemic. In many places it is now difficult to imagine doing without them. At the Clara-Schumann-Gymasium (CSG), a grammar school in Holzwickede, Germany, ILIAS has been an integral part of everyday school life for years now. Jörg Meyer is a teacher, sixth form coordinator, and the person responsible for digitalisation at the school. He has kindly agreed to answer a few questions for our blog and to give us an idea of how ILIAS is used in a school environment, and what advantages it offers teachers and pupils.

Two days of ILIAS conference. Over 60 sessions, 100 speakers, almost 300 participants, about 50 who followed along online. And two topics that overshadowed everything else: open source software and artificial intelligence. But it wasn't only the technological side that played a role. It was about more. About community. About the future. About openness. And about opportunities and prospects.