In common with all OU forums this one is managed by a team of moderators. Their role is to help you to navigate the forum and to deal with queries. They are not "always on" but will pick up any queries when they next log-in.

The moderating team includes:

Jenny Bakkali - Hi, I work from home in the North West of England and have been a tutor on TM356 (Interaction design and the user experience) for 2 years.

Kate Sim - I tutor in the East of England. The courses I'm currently involved with are TM111 (Introduction to computing and information technology 1), TM112 (Introduction to computing and information technology 2), TM129 (Technologies in Practice) and M250 (Object-oriented Java programming) and I also get to play robots at the T176 Engineering Residential School each summer.

Nigel Gibson - I tutor on TM111 (Introduction to computing and information technology 1) and I've also worked on TM112 (Introduction to computing and information technology 2), I'm on the module team for each of them. I am the author of section 3 of this course. I'm a Mancunian exiled in the South East of England.

David McDade - I tutor on TM129 (Technologies in Practice) and TM257 (Cisco Networking). I am also involved with Cyber Security developments at the OU. I am the author of section 2 of this course. I work from home based in Scotland - just outside Glasgow.