Katrina Sommers's List: Innovation 2008

Martin Dougiamas is the Founder and Lead Developer of Moodle. He grew up in the outback of Western Australia, attending School of the Air via shortwave radio. Martin has developed for the internet since 1987, including seven years as the webmaster of Curtin University. His academic qualifications include an honours degree in computer science, a masters in education and (most of) a doctorate that studied the creation of Moodle and the Moodle community.

Martin is now the Executive Director of Moodle Pty Ltd, the organisation that manages the overall development of the Moodle system as well as the world-wide network of over 40 Moodle Partner companies that provide support, hosting, training and other services to Moodle users.

Professor Erica McWilliam has a national & international reputation as an innovator, leader & thinker in Education. Erica's primary role is Assistant Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology.

She is also an Associate Fellow with Carrick Institute for Higher Education, Leader of the Creative Workforce research program within the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation; & former Chair of the Research Congress of Eidos, a research consortium of Queensland ‘Smart State’ universities and government agencies.