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Creator of Moodle
Martin Dougiomas was born in Perth, Australia, he's an educator and a scientist, he has postgraduate degrees in computer science and education. He has worked in constructivists teaching methods and online learning. -
Learmning Management System (LMS).
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Martin Dougiomas
He worked at Curtin University, where his experience with WebCT led him to research about an alternative method of online teaching. In 1999, he began by testing some early prototypes of a new Learning Management System (LMS), the experiences that formed the basis for his work. Improving the Effectiveness of Online Learning -
Moodle was available
By the end of 2001, Moodle could be downloaded via and basic installation documentation was available. -
First site of Moodle
The first site that existed from Moodle was by Peter Taylor at Curtin University, with Martin making the first posting on its own site in the Moodle.com domain in November 2001. Both published An Interpretive analysis of an internet Moodle (An interpretive analysis of an Internet-based course built using a new tool for courses called Moodle). -
Moodle 1.0
Moodle 1.0 was released in August 2002. Users were discussing Moodle on a new forum, translating Moodle into different languages and creating themes. A year later, the first contributed module (workshop) was released and Moodle.org became the community arm of Moodle, with Moodle.com representing the commercial aspect. -
Moodle's launch
The first edition of moodle 1.0 was released, it was made available for the realization of photos, translated in different languages, also released the first workshop and moodle.org -
Moodle grew quickly
Moodle grew quickly: the first ever Moodle Moot was held in Oxford in 2004 and companies started applying to become Moodle partners. -
Moodle established itself
With improved documentation and new certification , Moodle had established itself by 2007 as a leading and award-winning open source LMS -
Moodle 2.0
The long awaited Moodle 2.0 came out in November 2010 and now, regular releases bring enhanced features every six months. -
Moodle growing
From 1000 registered sites in 2004, it had gone to half a million users in 2008 and over a million users in 2010, with over 50 Moodle partners. Its translation repository AMOS held over 100 languages. -
Moodle versions (1.6 to 1.9).
Moodle has s numerous base of users: There are 67,000 register sites that offer 5,5 millions of courses -
Moodle in mobile devices
The current focus is on mobile technology: an official HTML5 app was released in 2013 and Moodle includes a customisable theme suitable for all screen sizes. -
Moodle
During September 2013, the official Moodle MOOC, Learn Moodle, introduced over 9000 participants to Moodle's basic features. Educators everywhere are encouraged to share their experiences, just as did Martin over a decade previously. -
Moodle recent days
By 2017, statistics on Moodle.net indicated there were over 100 million registered users for Moodle. During 2017, a number of projects were developed, including:
-Working on and integrating an open source solution to learning analytics - Project Inspire
-Spreading MoodleMoot events into many more countries around the world
-Establishing the first Education team
-Re-affirming Moodle's mission of empowering educators to improve our world
-Releasing Moodle Desktop
