Mary Cooch is the author of Moodle 2.0 First Look and Moodle 1.9 For Teaching 7-14 Year Olds, both published by Packt. A teacher for 25 years, Mary is based at Our Lady's High School Preston, Lancashire, UK but now spends part of her working week traveling Europe and showing others how to make the most of this popular Virtual Learning Environment. Known online as moodlefairy, Mary runs a blog on www.moodleblog.org and may be contacted for consultation on [email protected].
Ângelo Marcos Rigo is a 34 years-old web developer who has enjoyed creating customization and fixing web systems since the launching of the Internet in Brasil in 1995.
He has experience with languages PHP, ASP, JSP, Asp.net, ZOPE, and with the following databases: Mysql, Postgresql, Oracle, MSSql.
He has worked in the past for companies in the field of Telecom, for Primary Education, State Departments and also in the PUCRS faculty for the CEAD Department of Distance Learning.
Susan Smith Nash, is currently the Director of Education and Professional Development for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and an adjunct professor at The University of Oklahoma. She was an associate dean for graduate programs at Excelsior College (Albany, NY). Previous to that, she was online courses manager at the Institute for Exploration and Development Geosciences, and director of curriculum development for the College of Liberal Studies at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, US, where she developed degree program curriculum for online courses at the university. She also developed an interface for courses as well as administrative and procedural support, support programmers, protocol and training manuals, and marketing approaches. She obtained her Ph.D. and M.A. in English and a B.S. in Geology from the University of Oklahoma. Nash blogs at E-Learning Queen (http://www.elearningqueen.com) and E-Learners (http://www.elearner.com), and has written articles and chapters on mobile learning, poetics, contemporary culture, and e-learning for numerous publications, including Trends and issues in instructional design and technology (3rd ed), Mobile Information Communication Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries: Effects and Implications, Talisman, Press1, International Journal of Learning Objects, GHR, World Literature, and Gargoyle. Her latest books include Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques (Packt Publishing, 2010), E-Learners Survival Guide (Texture Press, 2009), and Klub Dobrih Dejanj (2008).