Leo Gaggl

Leo is the Managing Director and owner of Brightcookie Educational Technologies and it's parent organisation, g3 international.

Leo has over 12 years of experience in the field of database and web-application development, with a variety of government and commercial clients. In addition to his online development roles, Leo also has a background in engineering and export marketing. Over the last few years he has developed expertise in the area of mobile device interfaces such as PDAs and mobile phones. Leo also has extensive experience in programming languages, web technologies, databases, WebCT and Janison LMS, and system administration.

Leo also focuses on online learning systems, in particular Moodle and Mahara, and the technical issues involved with hosting and its implementation into work environments (such as module tracking and single login issues within intranets). A keen interest in compliance issues (SCORM, W3C, WAI, and 508), both from a development and implementation point of view, gives Leo a unique, all-encompassing view of implementing compliant learning systems. Some of his more recent work involved working on the Australian Flexible Learning Toolboxes (Series 7 to 10).

Leo is also currently involved in a number of research and ‘proof-of-concept’ projects in mobile application development and the implementation of mobile technology in education projects (m-learning).