Martin Dougiamas

Quick Facts

Full Name	Martin Dougiamas
Occupation	Computer Scientist
Date Of Birth	Aug 20, 1969(1969-08-20)
Age	55
Birthplace	Western Australia
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Leo

Martin Dougiamas Biography

Martin Dougiamas is one of the most popular and richest Computer Scientist who was born on August 20, 1969 in Western Australia, Australia. Martin Dougiamas (born 20 August 1969) is an educator and computer scientist, who lives in Perth, Australia. He has been involved in social constructionist theories of the teaching-learning process online. He also developed the Moodle learning platform.

In 2016, Dougiamas was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia “for his contribution to open-source software through his leadership of the Moodle platform”.

In 2018 Dougiamas was awarded an honorary doctorate at the Université catholique de Louvain.

In 2019, Dougiamas launched the Open EdTech Global initiative to bring together those interested in developing a completely open set of components to support all aspects of education.

As a young man, Dougiamas lived for a while in the deserts region of Western Australia, Kalgoorlie where his studies were conducted at home as well as through material dropped off via aeroplane. The family relocated to Perth and the school he attended was West Balcatta Primary School and Balcatta Senior High School, which is located in the northern suburbs of Perth. In a 2010 interview, he claimed that his unique education might have prepared him to develop an internet-based learning platform. While pursuing an advanced master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Curtin University, Australia, Dougiamas began to create the suite of online tools which would eventually be Moodle.

Martin Dougiamas Net Worth

Martin Dougiamas is one of the richest Computer Scientist from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Martin Dougiamas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 2004, Dougiamas was described by Brent Simpson as “one of the rare instances in Open Source software development where the right person with the right personality appears at exactly the right time; Martin Dougiamas is the Linus Torvalds of the LMS world and his software is the Linux of this software.”

In 2008, Dougiamas was awarded the Google-O’Reilly Open Source Award within the category of Education Enabler.

Dougiamas is the founder and CEO of Moodle Pty Ltd, the company that drives development of Moodle and is financed partly through certified service providers in the Moodle Partner network. Significant related services include MoodleCloud for hosted Moodle courses and the Moodle Mobile App, which extends Moodle functionality to mobile devices. The Moodle project is backed up by a large online community and in January 2016 the crowdfunding Moodle Users Association was launched.

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Martin Ranked on the list of most popular Computer Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Martin Dougiamas celebrates birthday on August 20 of every year.

Who is Martin Dougiamas?

Dr Martin Dougiamas is best known as the founder of the open-source Moodle LMS (used by over 60% of all higher education in the world). He is now the CEO of the Moodle project, which produces Moodle Apps, MoodleCloud, Moodle Educator Certifications, Moodle Workplace and more.

Who is the CEO of Moodle?

A message from our CEO and Founder, Martin Dougiamas – 2021 wrap up – Moodle.

How does Moodle make money?

• with a commercial product you will have to pay for the cost of the product, the cost of development to make the product fit your needs (and support if required),
• with an open source product like Moodle you only have to pay for the cost of development (and support if required).

Who created Moodle?

Moodle’s Founder and CEO, Martin Dougiamas , receives an Honorary Doctorate from Université catholique de Louvain. – Moodle.

What is a Moodle platform?

Moodle is a learning platform designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalised learning environments. You can download the software onto your own web server or ask one of our knowledgeable Moodle Partners to assist you.