International ILIAS Blog
July 2020
Keywords: Extending ILIAS, ILIAS 6.0
Not only since our conversation with Javiera Atenas and her keynote at the ILIAS conference in Lucerne we know that data needs to be "tamed". Thus, in e-learning it is important to clarify which data we want to collect at all and how we deal with this data in the long run.
ILIAS 6 now supports the e-learning standard xAPI for the first time. This standard facilitates the integration of external learning activities into your LMS. The focus is on the logging of user activities. However, xAPI is not known for data economy. This is because all learner data is to be collected on a central server - regardless of whether it is needed or not. The data collection therefore quickly becomes very extensive. The standard does not provide for the data to be deleted at a later date.
If you want to observe learners over a long period of time and collect learning status data from a variety of devices and applications, xAPI offers many interesting possibilities. Organizations who want to minimise problematic data accumulation, on the other hand, are unsure whether and how they should use xAPI. Fortunately ILIAS 6 offers an elegant solution for them. It allows you to use the many possibilities of xAPI without losing control of your data.
Keywords: ILIAS conference
Together with the final conference of the optes project this year's ILIAS conference will focus on the following topics:
- Networked learning: How can learning activities be connected - within an institution or a company, and also beyond institutional boundaries? Which projects already succeed in doing so and what do they look like? The focus can be placed on technical, didactic or organisational aspects.
- Video in teaching: Here we are looking for reports on the use of videos and the use of video recordings in teaching. Which challenges have to be mastered and which didactic value is created?
- Mathematics & e-learning (optes): How can e-learning measures improve mathematics education in schools and universities? Which approaches have proven successful? Which options in ILIAS can be used? And what has to be considered in practical use?
- Digitisation of teaching and further education: We are looking for contributions on the successful use of ILIAS in digital teaching and digital further education. What are the requirements for didactics, technology, content and participants? And how are they mastered with ILIAS?
- School in times of corona: Due to Covid-19 e-learning at schools has suddenly gained a completely different significance. Which measures of the last months have proven to be successful and how is ILIAS being applied? Which projects are being expanded and what is planned for the coming school year?