International ILIAS Blog

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! 

This year, the ILIAS community will be meeting on the 5th and 6th of June for our annual ILIAS Conference - this time in the heart of Berlin in the stylish Villa Elizabeth, a mere stone's throw from the main train station. It is hard to imagine a more central and beautiful location. This year, we will be presenting, learning and networking amid classical elegance and a green park.

ILIAS is an open source learning platform that is continuously being developed by an active community. The project is based on the contribution of ideas and requirements from real users.

Anyone can help plan and shape the software. Anyone who has an idea for a new function can suggest it directly - even without any prior technical knowledge.

In this how-to, we describe step by step how it works. By submitting a feature request, anyone can contribute to the further development of ILIAS.

Digital training is playing an increasingly important role - also in the area of medicine. But how does one go about efficiently organising online training for tens of thousands of participants? At the ärztlichen Akademie für Fort- und Weiterbildung in Nordrhein, deputy managing director Kathrin Hildebrand and her team rely on ILIAS. In this conversation, she tells us why the academy switched from Moodle to ILIAS, how they combine online and classroom formats, and what their plans for the future are.

This special tour is for all participants of the 24th International ILIAS Conference 2025.
If you haven’t registered yet – now’s the time! This way.

Ticket sales for the 24th International ILIAS Conference on June 5 and 6, 2025 in Berlin are open!

In 'Community Stories: People, Projects, Practice', we take a look at the multifaceted ways in which ILIAS can be used in higher education, business and organisations; how both long-standing members of the ILIAS Community and new members of the society bring exciting perspectives to how they use and further develop the learning platform within their specific scenarios. We shine a light on inspiring stories and plans for the future, challenges and successes - from innovative teaching concepts to impressive projects that have been made possible thanks to ILIAS. From you, for you. The first entry (ok - second entry in the International Blog) is brought to you by Yvonne Seiler of the University of Bern.

In “Community Stories: People. Projects. Practice”, we provide insights into the many possible uses of ILIAS. Whether university, company or organization: our community shows how individually ILIAS can be used. Together we highlight inspiring stories and plans for the future, challenges and success stories - from innovative teaching concepts to impressive projects realized by ILIAS. From you, for you. Today, Jesús Copado from SURLABS gives us an exciting insight into the development possibilities of artificial intelligence in ILIAS and shows us that we can consider the potential of this so-called “danger” in the education sector too.

The Call for Participation for the 24^th International ILIAS Conference is open!

The International ILIAS Conference is the most important event of the year in the ILIAS community. At 05 and 06 September 2024, the ILIAS Conference comes to Austria for the first time. Our hosts will be the axtesys GmbH and the NexxaCon GmbH in Graz.
We would like to invite all ILIAS users, and all those who are interested in e-learning generally, to actively help shape the programme for the 23rd ILIAS Conference. Submit your programme contributions, your knowledge, know-how and expertise, and share it with your ILIAS colleagues and friends.

The 22^nd International ILIAS conference took place on the 7^th and 8^th September 2023 at the University of Cologne, bringing our community back to the place where everything began – 25 years after the first version of ILIAS went live.