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Review: ILIAS at LEARNTEC 2017

Kruse, Fabian [Fabian] - 6. Feb 2017, 10:02

ILIAS has been a regular guest at the LEARNTEC in Karlruhe, Germany, since 1999. For the first time this year, however, the software was represented by the ILIAS Society itself, as a co-exhibitor together with the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University. Although new technologies such as VR and AR applications were the subjects of large-scale presentations at the trade fair, it was the numerous possibilities that are opened up by an integrated LMS that attracted many enthusiastic visitors to our stand. Using the brand new demo version of ILIAS 5.2, people were able to thoroughly test our software and have all their questions answered.

During the peak times on each of the three days of the trade fair, there was so much going on at the ILIAS stand that the society's representatives, Matthias Kunkel and Fabian Kruse, were hardly able to keep up! Luckily, they were supported by numerous members of the community who happily stepped in to provide information and answer questions. Alongside these informal conversations, the presentations under the motto 'Meet the User' proved to be a huge success: numerous visitors were shown how ILIAS is used at other institutions and which teaching and learning scenarios are especially effective.

As well as schools and universities, this year in particular saw more people from the business sector interested in finding out more about ILIAS. Many companies have recognised that open-source software is often the better alternative to commercial software – not only in terms of cost, but also when it comes to features and security. It seems likely that after all the conversations and the well-attended presentations at the LEARNTEC, the ILIAS community will grow even larger. We would like to extend a big thank you to all guests and helpers who supported us at the fair!

The new ILIAS app was financed by the students of the University of Freiburg. Its presentation by Marko Glaubitz caused quite a stir at our stand.
André Lenich presented the use of ILIAS in blending learning scenarios for the continuing education offers at the German professional organisation BGHW (Berufsgenossenschaft Handel und Warenlogistik).
Jan Schuster and Jens Behrens from AMA Vocational College in Cologne in discussion with Matthias Kunkel from the ILIAS Society and "Internet Teacher" Uwe Kohnle.
Thomas Schroeder didn’t just present the new Badges feature in ILIAS 5.2, but also informed about the ILIAS usage at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and Management of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Stefanie Zepf of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) explained the many possibilities of the mighty Test&Assessment tool in ILIAS.

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