Daniel Grycman has worked for the German Department of Ruhr-University Bochum as a technical assistant. He has over five years of experience of Moodle in educational environments.
Julian (Moodleman) Ridden has more than 12 years of experience in education (specifically in online e-learning) with a wide range of both corporate clients and educational institutions as well as experience in project management, systems implementation, networking, support, and training. He currently works with the Australian Moodle partner Pukunui Technology (www.moodle.com.au). He is known globally as a go-to man for all things Moodle and Mahara.
Julian is an experienced IT manager within the scholastic sector as well as a proven ICT Integrator in both boys and girls secondary education. He also has worked for many years in adult education with experience in both the corporate and VET sectors. This knowledge of the IT world both behind the server door and at the education coalface (the classroom) has provided him with a diverse skills base from which to pull when consulting and training clients.
Julian regularly speaks at Moodle and education conferences both locally and abroad. He is known as a passionate, well informed and entertaining speaker who provides insightful and thought provoking presentations.
Ian Wild is a recognized authority on learning platforms and instructional design, especially Moodle. Fifteen years spent in private industry—primarily as a communications technology researcher—saw Ian ultimately specializing in the design and development of access and learning aids for blind, visually impaired, dyslexic, and dyscalculic computer users; whilst also working part time as a math and science tutor. Teaching only part time meant not spending as much time with his students as he would have wished. This, coupled with his background in communication technologies, seeded his long-time interest in virtual learning environments.
Ian is one of the founding partners of Heavy Horse Limited (http://www.heavy-horse.co.uk), a technology company that regularly advises clients throughout England and Wales on e-Learning platform development and deployment.
Ian is the author of Moodle 1.9 Math and Moodle Course Conversion: Beginner's Guide, also from Packt. He was also technical reviewer for Moodle 1.9 Multimedia.