Customer references

Digital Learning Hub: a learning platform on Proxmox VE

The Digital Learning Hub in Luxembourg is a training centre for IT topics. It is run by the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth and opened in 2022. Its courses range from coding to design thinking and cybersecurity.

Starting point

The Digital Learning Hub needed a platform where learners can practise hands-on. Every learner was to get their own virtual lab environment. The environments had to be set up automatically before each course and removed afterwards. The platform also had to include Moodle for course content and exams, BigBlueButton for video conferencing, and a connection to the existing Debian Edu network.

Another school in Luxembourg was already running Proxmox VE. Its good experience settled the choice of platform.

Three phases

1. Lab environments: Teachers set up the virtual machines for a course themselves. The platform provides them to every learner, so courses can be reused.
2. Access and tools: Teachers and learners reach the environments securely from inside and outside the network. BigBlueButton and Moodle are integrated.
3. Automation: The platform is linked to student management. Lab environments are ready when a course starts. After the course, course data is deleted in line with the GDPR.

After each phase we trained the Digital Learning Hub team on the new features.

Result

Teachers can add hands-on exercises even to demanding technical courses with little effort. The platform runs many courses at the same time. Because every component is open source, it fits into existing environments and can be extended.