International ILIAS Blog

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.

This article is, as you may have gathered from the title, about ILIAS at Learntec. I thought, however, that it might be interesting for you to get a personal perspective of this interesting annual event in the ILIAS calendar - a behind-the-scenes look, so to speak. This is my second year helping out at the ILIAS stand - which makes me a newbie, for ILIAS has been taking part in Karlsruhe's annual trade fair on the topic of education and learning since 1999!