Martin Dougiamas

Martin Dougiamas (born August 1969), lives in Perth, Australia and is an educator and computer scientist with postgraduate degrees in Computer Science and Education. He has worked on constructivist models of teaching and learning online, and developed the Moodle Course Management System.

Mr Dougiamas is the CEO of Moodle Pty Ltd, the company that continues to support and drive the development of Moodle and associated products such as MoodleCloud and the Moodle Mobile App, as well the the Moodle Community, the Moodle Users Association and the Moodle Partner network.

Early years

While studying for a master’s degree and Ph.D. at Curtin University Australia, Dougiamas began developing the set of online tools that would become Moodle.

Research and theories

Dougiamas's PhD thesis is entitled "The use of Open Source software to support a social constructionist epistemology of teaching and learning within Internet-based communities of reflective inquiry". He developed Moodle. He is still a lead developer of the Moodle.Org community and Executive Director of Moodle Pty Ltd.