Terri O'Sullivan, freelance web developer
I am a freelance and contract web developer/designer currently based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I've worked in IT since graduating from Trinity College Dublin in 1993. Most of that time I've worked in web development, ranging from large web-based applications (such as the hugely successful www.pigsback.com) to small, custom-built web sites. See my portfolio for links to sites I have built.
In Ethiopia, I have worked in the higher education sector for 4 years, teaching web design and databases. I have been a senior lecturer in Mekelle University and in HiLCoE School of Computer Science. HiLCoE is one of the leading private colleges offering a degree and post-graduate diploma in Computer Science in Addis Ababa.
I have also been a consultant on the Netherlands-funded EQUIP (Educational Quality Improvement Program), supporting the use of ICT in Higher Education in Ethiopia. This included working with university academic and technical staff, to help them make use of the Moodle LMS and the eGranary Digital Library, provided by the Netherlands-funded EQUIP (Educational Quality Improvement Program). I edited and wrote courses on ICT in Education, covering ICT in Teaching & Learning and Moodle, among other topics. I also upgraded the website www.higher.edu.et, migrating it to the Joomla CMS.
I have experience working with the Moodle LMS, using it as part of my teaching, and I have also provided training on Moodle to college and university academic staff.
If you need IT training, training in installing, administering or using Moodle, or a website, please contact me.
I can help you with your web development needs - get more information about the web development services I can provide for you.
Background
In 2003 I decided to do something a little bit different and found myself taking on a teaching role in the Computer Science department of a university in northern Ethiopia. As well as being a great experience, this gave me the opportunity to further hone my skills in XHTML, CSS and JavaScript, the fundamental tools for building web pages, as well as in many other web-related things. I taught web development to degree students so I had to know it really well and really understand it. I returned to Ireland two years later and set up my freelance web design business. I returned to Ethioipa in July 2007 (for love :)), where I have built on my previous experience by spending more time working in higher education, both teaching and in a support/capacity building role on a project to improve the quality of education in Ethiopia.
I work with XHTML and CSS to produce standards-compliant web pages. I have extensive experience working in server-side technologies such as ASP, JSP and PHP to build more dynamic web sites that interact with databases in MS Access, SQL Server or MySQL. Both for my teaching and for my own work, I endeavour to keep up with new technologies, such as Ajax.
I am particularly interested in the use and application of IT in learning and education - I have practical experience in this from different perspectives, having taught web design for several years and also being an IT trainer. I pursued my interest in this very important area through my completion of an MSc in IT in Education at Trinity College Dublin, which I received in 2007.
Contact details: email: info@terriosullivan.com
© Terri O'Sullivan 2006-2009