First ILIAS 4 Presentation

Last saturday (13 June) I made the first presentation of the new ILIAS 4. It took place at the « Salon des nouvelles technologies » - an e-learning event of the Académie de Bordeaux in La Réole (Gironde). I was invited by our friends and partners from ARGOS to talk about new development activities. It was the right moment and the right audience for a «première mondiale» of the new ILIAS version 4.0.

Since schools in South-West France are using our Learning Management System for several years,  a lot of participants of my workshop knew and worked already with ILIAS intensively. Académie de Bordeaux is offering a central hosting of the ILIAS LMS for all schools between Dordogne and Pyrénées. In the Département Pyrénées-Atlantiques all « collèges » using ILIAS for supporting teaching and learning at schools! Therefore, a lot of experts were listening to my presentation. I was very happy when I saw there faces smiling after showing them the new look of ILIAS 4 and some of the changes and improvements we made in the last weeks and month. Some features that have already been published with 3.10 like WebDAV and the new calendar were highly appreciated, too.

Besides interesting talks with teachers about the use of ILIAS in school, I also enjoyed to talk with Didier Leconte from LaPoste (the French post) and to Bernard Beron de l'armée française. Both are currently running pilot projects with ILIAS to see if it fits to the needs of their institutions. And it looks good! Didier has already changed the skin of ILIAS according to LaPoste's CI. If both institutions would go for ILIAS, this would have a big impact on the activities of ILIAS France!

Last but not least - I want to thank Laurent Merle and Bruno Marty for realising this excellent event and for their hospitality. Next year, I'll come again!!!