Brian Mulligan is the Open Learning Project Coordinator at the Institute of Technology Sligo where he has lectured since 1984.   He is behind the rapid growth in online learning in IT Sligo since 2002 and significantly involved in the growth of e-learning in Ireland since 1999, organising the EdTech series of conferences since 2000 and as a founder of the Irish Learning Technology Association in 2002.  His main areas of expertise are in web-casting, synchronous online training, instructor-led online training and rapid development of online training.