Dale Davies
Team Lead at Catalyst IT Europe Limited
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDale Davies is a veteran e-learning technologist and team lead with 12 years of experience designing, developing and integrating Moodle-based VLEs across the UK further and higher education sectors. He blends hands-on full-stack web development and Linux/FOSS enthusiasm with instructional design, multimedia production and FE MIS integrations to deliver pragmatic, curriculum-focused online learning solutions. At Catalyst IT he leads engineering efforts while maintaining a consultancy practice that produces bespoke Moodle themes, plugins and training for administrators and educators. Known for turning complex institutional requirements into maintainable systems, he also shapes e-learning strategy and has a track record of embedding digital learning into the classroom. Tinkering with the web since 1996, he brings deep practical knowledge of web standards and open-source tooling that informs both architecture and user-facing experience.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
C&G Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS), Education, C&G Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS), Education at The City of Liverpool CollegeBachelor of Science (BSc), Studio Recording & Performance Technology, 1st Class Honours, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Studio Recording & Performance Technology, 1st Class Honours at Wrexham Glyndŵr UniversityA-Level, Computing, A-Level, Computing at Coleg Cambria
English
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Github Skills (68)
dashboard10
e-mail10
hosting10
javascript10
cloudflare-turnstile10
hcaptcha10
portal10
docker10
startpage10
weather10
spam-detection10
php10
privacy10
status-page10
moodle9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
daledavies/jump
Feb 2022 - Jul 2022
Jump is a self-hosted startpage and real-time status page for your server designed to be simple, stylish, fast and secure.
Contributions:19 releases, 145 commits, 15 PRs in 5 months
startpagestatus-pagedashboardphpjavascript
daledavies/moodle-tool_registrationrules
Sep 2024 - May 2025
An enhanced reCAPTCHA alternative and anti-spam tool to prevent automated spam bots from creating fake accounts in Moodle.
Contributions:8 releases, 57 reviews, 28 PRs in 8 months
moodlerecaptchaanti-spammoodle-pluginspam-detection
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