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". His development work on a free open source content management system originally came out of frustration with the existing commercial software that was currently in use. This led to the development of Moodle. He is still a lead developer of the Moodle.Org community and Executive Director of Moodle Pty Ltd.
According to the article entitle "Future" on MoodleDocs: "Martin Dougiamas has already dismissed cash offers of US$20 million for the company because he knows any such move would only damage the trust of the community and slow down growth."
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