Moodle 1.9 Multimedia

The book is written in a tutorial style where you work through examples that describe how you can create multimedia applications using Moodle and integrate your existing multimedia resources into your Moodle course. It also tells you how to use multimedia effectively giving ideas and best practices. The book is primarily aimed at teachers and trainers who run professional courses and have experience in the use of Moodle. At the same time, it is not necessary to have an advanced technical background to create multimedia elements, as the tasks will be simple and as little time consuming as possible, relevant to everyday use.

Author Biography

Joao Fernandes is a science teacher from Portugal who has been working on Moodle since 2004. He has been involved in several Moodle initiatives at school, university, and at government levels, as a teacher, trainer, course and content developer, manager, consultant, designer, and researcher. Joao is now living in London, pursuing a PhD in Science Education at King’s College London and working on several projects on ICT in education. His main interests range from education to multimedia, the Web, participation, democracy, and human development. In a single year he can be seen in several corners of the earth, either working, visiting schools, hiking, or taking photos in mostly non-touristic venues. He also loves music, old cheap cars, cooking, and spending his time in Nature.