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AI-Assisted Course Creation: From Markdown to Interactive Learning in 3 Hours

How do you transform a plain Markdown document into an engaging, interactive learning experience complete with animations, quizzes, AI-generated imagery, and video narration—all within a three-hour workshop?

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From PDF to LiaScript Course — Speedrun with AI

This two-part speedrun shows how you can transform static documents into interactive, narrated LiaScript courses quickly using LLMs, image AI, browser TTS and HeyGen presenter videos.

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The Hummingbird and the Fire

(after a Brazilian fable, freely retold) One day, a mighty fire broke out in the forest.

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Newsletter 18/07/2025

Dear LiaScript community, It has been far too long since our last newsletter — but rest assured, we’ve been busy!

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OPAL Integrates LiaScript: A Milestone for Interactive Learning in German Higher Education

OPAL, the learning management system used by 21 Saxon universities with over 80,000 users, now natively supports LiaScript. This integration marks a significant milestone in making interactive, open educational resources accessible to German higher education.

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LiaScript Meets OPAL!

LiaScript Dokumente im OPAL Lern-Management-System direkt hochladen? Dank der Zusammenarbeit von Technische Universität Chemnitz, der TU Bergakademie Freiberg, der BPS Bildungsportal Sachsen GmbH und der #LiaScript-Community ist dies nach dem jüngsten Update jetzt möglich.

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Sharing via gitlab://

TL;DR Add gitlab:// in front of any raw-file URL that refuses to load in LiaScript.

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Nostr & LiaScript & OER

Discover how Nostr’s decentralized network can change the way we create and share Open Educational Resources.

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Joining forces: OER Hackathon Göttingen 2025

The OER Hackathon Göttingen 2025 is a collaborative event focused on enhancing the discoverability and accessibility of Open Educational Resources (OER) through innovative solutions and community engagement.

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Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2025: Freie Bildung - einfach und textbasiert?

Beim folgenden Vortrag auf den Chemnitzer Linux-Tagen 2025 wird gezeigt, wie Markdown in verschiedenen Formaten für die Erstellung von Open Educational Resources (OER) genutzt werden kann.

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Open Educational Resources: Gekommen, um zu bleiben?

Am 11. November 2024 fand in der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) eine Veranstaltung zum Thema “Open Educational Resources: Gekommen, um zu bleiben?

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Why Open Education Needs a Common Language!?

A better question would be: Why do commercial offerings and e-learning platforms dominate online education and “NOT” Open Educational Resources (OER)?

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Open Textbook Repositories

A list of open textbook repositories that provide free educational resources for students and educators.

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Sharing Content via WebTorrent

This demo from the eLearning-Africa Conference 2024, shows how to use WebTorrent to share educational content with LiaScript.

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What Do Poland and Arnold Schwarzenegger Have in Common?

… for translating open textbooks into interactive LiaScript books. But, based on our discussions at the eLearning Africa Conference we realized that there is a need for open textbooks for various purposes.

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eLearning Africa 2024

In June 2024, the eLearning Africa Conference took place in Kigali, Rwanda.

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Open Source Community Projects on GitHub versus Traditional Publishing Models for OER

This blog post explores the role of GitHub in transforming educational methodologies, emphasizing its value in fostering collaboration and innovation through open-source community projects.

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Offene Bildungsmaterialien an Hochschulen verankern

Handlungsleitfaden für den Entwicklungsprozess einer OER Policy mit konkreten Tipps und Materialien veröffentlicht.

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Podcast: Data Management Training at the University of Vienna

This podcast delves into the University of Vienna's innovative data management training program, developed by a diverse team of data stewards for a wide audience including PhD students and technical staff

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Liascript User Symposium (Recording)

Discover WHO is utilizing and creating free, open online courses using the user-friendly LiaScript Markdown and WHY. Learn about the role of AI in course development, and how Open Educational Resources (OER) can be enhanced through browser-based peer-to-peer technologies. Additionally, explore our latest advancements in collaborative features within LiaScript, as well as Edrys-Lite, which aids in developing and sharing interactive, peer-to-peer RemoteLabs as OER. Soon this functionality will be available in LiaScript too!

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Offene Bildungsmaterialien auf twillo finden und teilen

Twillo ist ein Portal, das sich auf offene Bildungsmaterialien (OER) spezialisiert hat, insbesondere im Bereich der Hochschullehre.

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Serverless Online Education

This screencast from the Open Educa Berlin (OEB) Conference emphasized and demos the potential of decentralized, browser-based technologies in educational settings.

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Digital Fellows im Spotlight: OER als Grundlage für und Ergebnis von digital gestützter Lehrpraxis

In ihrem Fellowship geben Dr. Marc Jacob und Prof. Sebastian Zug einen Einblick in die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten zur Nutzung von OER in Lehrveranstaltungen. Das spannende Tandem-Fellowship lernen Sie im folgenden Video kennen.

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eLearning Africa 2023

Instant Creation & Publishing of Free and Open Online Courses with LiaScript

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Invitation to eLearning Africa 23

We will have a full-day workshop at the eLearning Africa conference in Dakar on creating free and open interactive courses with LiaScript Markdown. No platform no, no login, just OER and publish immediately (works offline too).

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How can Web 3.0 save Education?

A talk on the core concepts and principles and ideas on LiaScript at the University Future Festival 2023.

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Sharing Content via Tor and OnionShare

How to share educational content via Tor and OnionShare to bypass censorship and surveillance.

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Praxisworkshop Erstellung eines E-Learning Kurses mit LiaScript

In zwei informativen und komprimierten Videos zeigen Lennart Rosseburg und Twillo wie man mit LiaScript effizient Online-Kurse erstellt.

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We Are Developers 22 - Interactive Markdown for Education & Documentation

In this talk, we will present LiaScript, a Markdown-based DSL that is intended to be used for developing online courses, that look like screen-cast with various interactive elements.

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Online-Lehre offen gestalten - Einführung in die Software LiaScript (Open Science Festival 2022)

In zwei informativen und komprimierten Videos zeigen Lennart Rosseburg und Twillo wie man mit LiaScript effizient Online-Kurse erstellt.

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Open Educational Ressources (OER) - Vision, Vorteile und praktische Umsetzung mit LiaScript und OPAL

Gemeinsam mit Studenten Lehrmaterialien erstellen und diese unter einer freien OER Lizenz teilen. In diesem E-Teach@Talk spricht Prof. Dr. Sebastian Zug von der TU Bergakademie in Freiberg über seine Erfahrungen beim interaktiven Einsatz von LiaScript in der Lehre. Es wird auch ein Ausblick auf die zukünftigen und derzeitigen Entwicklungen von LiaScript gegeben und es wird diskutiert, was OER eigentlich können muss.

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Students work on open learning content

The Institute for Computer Science in Freiberg has developed an interactive type of lecture format. Together with the lecturers, the students work on the lecture materials with open tools via a website - without any PDF documents or PowerPoint slide collections.

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Podcast: OER und ihr Einsatz in der Hochschullehre

Handlungsleitfaden für den Entwicklungsprozess einer OER Policy mit konkreten Tipps und Materialien veröffentlicht.

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OE³R the next Generation of OER?

A short history of open educational resources and some ideas about the future ...

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From Hero to Zero with Learning Management Systems

Learning Management Systems provide more restrictions than access to educational resources and developing courses with the offered authoring tools is more tedious and intimidating task than a creative one. These claims are proved by adopting metrics from software-development, additionally a possible solution is presented: LiaScript is a domain-specific language that is based on Markdown and open-source principles, targeting interactive online-course development.

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Freie Lehr-Lern-Materialien ohne Wenn und Aber II (German)

Ein Workshop über die Entwicklung von online-Kursen mit LiaScript. Die wichtigsten Features werden vorgestellt und es wird ein Ausblick auf zukünftige Entwicklungen gegeben.

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Freie Lehr-Lern-Materialien ohne Wenn und Aber I (German)

Ein Workshop über die Entwicklung von online-Kursen mit LiaScript. Die wichtigsten Features werden vorgestellt und es wird ein Ausblick auf zukünftige Entwicklungen gegeben.

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Open-Course Development with LiaScript (... Or Markdown on Steroids)

An Elm-talk about the development of an online course DSL that is based on Markdown, given at the elm-europe conference in 2019.

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The Vision of LiaScript

This poster represents one of the earliest publications on LiaScript, showcasing our pioneering ideas on leveraging open-source methodologies to develop Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

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