International ILIAS Blog

English-language blog on ILIAS with news and background information

June 2017

Kruse, Fabian [Fabian] - 28. Jun 2017, 16:14
Keywords: ILIAS @ home

While ILIAS has a very large userbase in Europe, it is becoming increasingly popular in many other countries all over the world. In Japan, Tamoto Shiro is both a satisfied ILIAS user and a multiplier of knowledge. As a contractor, he works with Nagaoka University of Technology as an ILIAS administrator and is also occupied with language maintenance, documentation and video creation. Shiro helps other Japanese users to learn about and use the open-source LMS. We talked to him about his experiences.

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Kruse, Fabian [Fabian] - 27. Jun 2017, 16:14
Keywords: ILIAS conference
This year's ILIAS conference will take place at the University of Freiburg on 14th and 15th of September 2017. Until June 30th, discounted early bird tickets will be available. These can be booked online and will reduce the entry fee from 330 to 290 euros. ILIAS Society members will save another 50 euros! The price includes catering and participation in the evening event.

The programme covers a wide array of e-learning topics:
  • Learning Success and Skills Orientation
  • ILIAS Corporate
  • Training and Personnel Development
  • E-Learning Innovations
  • Open Educational Resources
  • Training and Personnel Development
  • Video-based Learning
  • ILIAS & Mathematics
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Kruse, Fabian [Fabian] - 8. Jun 2017, 14:37
Keywords: Development, ILIAS Society, Technical Board

At the last ILIAS-DevConf, the Technical Board presented a new Strategy Paper (PDF-Download) that outlined the key points of its future work. The paper has its roots in the ILIAS-Vision that was formulated in 2015. We spoke to the Speaker for the Technical Board, Alexander Killing, about the contents of the strategy and the measures that will result from it.

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