With 19 presentations given, BigBlueButton World 2025 is a wrap!
This was our fifth year of conference which attracted nearly 600 participants to watch and give feedback to developers, administrators, and educators who shared their experiences building, supporting, and teaching with BigBlueButton.
The pace of innovation and adoption of BigBlueButton is accelerating, especially due to the recent BigBlueButton 3.0 release which added a new plug-in architecture that enables developers to extend BigBlueButton without modifying the core.
For technical presentations, highlights included:
- Steve Ruiz, founder of tldraw, share the upcoming improvements in their excellent whiteboard,
- Samuel Weirich gave an overview of live streaming BigBlueButton sessions to handle very large audiences,
- Tiago Jacobs and Guilherme Pereira Leme expanded on the latest developments in BigBlueButton’s plugin architecture, and
- Bruno Guilherme Valentini and Lucas Zawacki looked ahead at the new user experience in the next version of BigBlueButton.
For educational presentations, highlights included:
- Jack Child shared how Minverva Virtual Academy is using BigBlueButton to provide award winning on-line education,
- Cynthia Gonzalez Lopez shared how School on Wheels uses BigBlueButton to connect children with no fixed address in Southern California with tutors,
- Paul Chillingworth shared how Mathematics in Education and Industry, a UK-based not-for-profit, uses BigBlueButton to teach mathematics online, and
- Dr. Laurie Jones Curtis shared key learnings from her over 40 years experience teaching in the physical and virtual classes.
Here are all the presentations from the sessions:
The full playlist is available here.
Day 1
The Future of BigBlueButton in the Age of AI
Fred Dixon, CEO of Blindside Networks and co-founder of BigBlueButton
Inactive Participants – Activate or Accept
Stephanie Schmidt, Activate Learning
A Decade Transforming Education in Brazil based on BigBlueButton
Wescley Patrick, Brazilian National Research and Education Network (RNP)
Using Moodle and BigBlueButton to deliver a national online programme in England
Paul Chillingworth, Mathematics in Education and Industry
School on Wheels
Cynthia Gonzalez Lopez, Senior Volunteer Engagement Coordinator, School on Wheels
Active Learning Techniques – Jigsaw and Mind Maps
Jeniah Jones, Florida State College at Jacksonville
Day 2
What’s new with tldraw
Steve Ruiz, Founder tldraw
Scalable live streaming for BigBlueButton
Samuel Weirich, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen – University of Applied Sciences and lead manager for PILOS
Warnings and Strategies – Understanding and Harnessing AI
Jon Fila, author and award-winning educator
Under the hood of BBB 3.1 – From Design to Implementation
Bruno Guilherme Valentini and Lucas Zawacki, Mconf
BigBlueButton Plugin Architecture Current Landscape and Roadmap
Tiago Jacobs and Guilherme Pereira Leme, iMDT
Unlocking BigBlueButton in Moodle – Plugin Essentials, Subplugins, and Smart Extensions
Jesus Federico and Shamiso Jaravaza, Blindside Networks
Minerva Virtual Academy – Effective Online Learning
Jack Child, Assistant Vice Principal for Teaching and Learning at Minerva Virtual Academy
Day 3
A Mission with a Mouse – How We Built an Online Spanish School for Kids
Alexis Fishbaugh, founded Kids’ Club Spanish School
BigBlueButton Plugins in Action A Tour of Existing BigBlueButton Plugins
Tiago Jacobs and Guilherme Pereira Leme, Mconf
Hybrid Setups with BigBlueButton
Timo Nogueira Brockmeyer, Osnabrück University
[matrix] element extension for starting BBB meetings
Lisa Kostrzewa and Martin Klampfer, fairkom.
Whiteboard Vision
Kert Browne, Blindside Networks
What Virtual Learning Taught Me About Assumptions, Connection, and Tone
Dr. Laurie Jones Curtis, lifelong educator
Summary
Looking back, this year’s conference was a snapshot of communities’ work to continually advance BigBlueButton, and of how educational organizations are using BigBlueButton to provide world-class online classes that improve learning outcomes for every student.
We believe as access to education increases, more students will leverage online learning, whether in formal education or part of their life-long learning.
We believe every student has the right to quality online education. We believe every educator deserves the best platform to deliver it. That’s why we built BigBlueButton.
The full playlist is available here.
