Jason Platts
Lead Developer at The Open University
Dacorum, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorJason Platts is a seasoned web and e-learning lead developer with over 15 years’ commercial experience, currently leading development of the Open University’s VLE and student-facing learning systems. He designs and delivers bespoke Moodle modules and integrations with third-party services, blending deep PHP, JavaScript and SQL skills with XML, Flash Actionscript and accessibility-aware multimedia. Experienced in Agile/Scrum delivery, Git and TFS, he combines hands-on coding with line management of developer teams and coordination on JISC-funded research projects. His background in commercial e-learning production for major clients gave him a strong grounding in SCORM/AICC integration and reusable framework design—skills he now applies to scalable, maintainable VLE extensions. Notably, he bridges legacy media-rich content and modern web platforms, making historic learning resources work effectively in contemporary online environments.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (28)
moodle10
pdf8
php7
powershell6
s3-bucket6
excel6
cas6
ftp6
vba6
regex6
if-statement6
indexed6
filesystem6
arima6
applet5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
JISC-DOULS/moodle-mod_portfolioact
Oct 2011 - Aug 2014
Contributions:11 commits in 2 years 10 months
jason-platts/moodle
Jan 2015 - Mar 2026
Contributions:28 pushes, 11 branches in 11 years 3 months
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