Dr Michael Gallagher Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Gb

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

My research focuses on the critical examination of the mobilities exhibited by groups and sectors in flux and how technology is used to both structure and manage these mobilities. Post-Brexit, with greater concentrations of international students and refugees, with the unbundling of labour and education, with a global edtech regime emerging in developing contexts largely unmooring local educational expertise and displacing higher education as a vehicle for social mobility, this research focus provides capacity to critically examine these movements holistically and to begin to address the larger intractable challenges that may stunt educational progress in development contexts. The role digital education might serve in this increasingly unbundled intersectional educational environment is of particular importance.

London, United Kingdom

Panoply Digital offers consulting services to help support and enhance the capacity of organisations and communities to make use of technology in both developing and developed contexts. These services include mobile projects for development, project planning and roadmaps for organisational development, project implementation and support, monitoring & evaluation of projects, proposals, & initiatives, integration of new technology enhanced learning into existing learning architecture, research on best practices, competitive landscapes, community development, pedagogy, and more. Current and former clients include BBC Media Action, USAID, Praekelt Foundation, Girl Effect, Center for International Private Enterprise, Higher Education for Development (HED), and TuneMe.

Abuja, Nigeria

Provide feedback and expertise in an advisory capacity to the Leadership of BAU on resource policies, technology, academic policies and related matters. Current project developing mobile and online mentoring support applications for 'at-risk' or underrepresented students.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Consultant on MOOC offerings from The World Bank. Social media, communications, learning analytics, elearning & open learning research, and overall course design.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Correct community response to aftershocks reduces subsequent loss of life in earthquake-stricken areas but local response can be delayed or inhibited by social, cultural and political factors. Effective, large-scale user engagement with appropriate information, so essential in emergency response, requires work on developing public awareness at scale, designing effective co-learning across multiple stakeholder groups, and building a deep understanding of the social and gender issues which might limit, or enable, user engagement.

London, United Kingdom

Consultant on course design for a series of short courses related to mobile learning and other issues of mobile governance and regulation. Developed course content (Captivate), assessments, and learning activities, and advised on platforms (Wordpress), plug-ins, and dashboards.

Seoul, Korea

In this position I teach mostly composition (both face to face and online) to interpretation and translation students. I contribute to curriculum and course development and work with teacher training groups. I am conducting research studies on mobile learning in Humanities students in Korean universities, and game-based learning for Korean students. I edit the Journal of International Studies, and act as faculty representative for several student groups, including a group dedicated to writing for academic publications.

The MobiMOOC Research Team is a result of the MobiMOOC course that ran in 2011 and 2012. The course organizer and several participants created this research team and has authored and published several papers as a result. This research team has over 30 years of experience in mobile learning and has been involved in many Massive Open Online Courses. MOOCs, mLearning, and open learning are our areas of expertise.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Designed a course on course design for faculty and staff at the University of Edinburgh as part of the Institute for Academic Development (IAD). This course is part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP). Responsibilities include course design, materials development, resource lists, LMS and blog setup, etc.

Responsible for administering to the educational needs of six thousand institutions globally. Conduct training presentations online and internationally including events in Ghana, South Africa, Tunisia, Egypt, Tanzania, Zambia, Australia, Korea, Japan, and China. Social media lead for much of the organization. Project management duties include gathering business requirements, translating these requirements to actionable and prioritized tasks, monitor execution of requirements for impact, iterate design based on feedback and competitive intelligence. Managed botanical content network of 225 institutions in over 50 countries; gathered feedback from this community, engaged a participatory, iterative design process towards new features and site design.

Responsible for administering to the user needs of three thousand institutions. Create accounts for new users and institutions, including IP and proxy range authentication, as well as login credentials. Developed pragmatic workarounds for institutional or individual users with connectivity issues in Africa. Monitored usage analytics, identifying trends, navigation patterns and presented this information routinely to management for review and iteration. Develop and administer training platforms for Aluka, paying particular attention to skills-based and task oriented activities. Developed training that emphasized information literacy across all research services; presented on advanced searching, peer review, online writing (via blogs), and content creation throughout Africa.

Seoul, Korea

Five years of management experience with international staff; developed educational materials and curriculum. Increased revenue by 5-10% in select months by creating new programs designed to enhance existing curriculum. Scheduled classes each month to accommodate a staff of 50 and a student population of 1500-3000 students. Developed and administered training and orientation for incoming teachers.Decreased truancy and absentee rates for staff by 35% over a twelve month period. Mediated disputes between staff, students, and faculty and attempted to determine equitable solutions for each. Handled accounting duties in the form of monthly payroll expenditures while adhering to budgetary limitations administered by our parent company.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Mobile Learning In Humanities In Korea

Activities and Societies: International Student Representative, Doctoral Students’ Consultative Committee Mobile learning in Asia Pacific.

Msc In Digital Education, Education

Digital education theory, platform creation and assessment; synchronous and asynchronous learning, ethnographic evaluation, portfolio.

Mlis, Library And Information Science, Management Of Digital Information (Mdi)

Management of digital information; content representation; classification standards (Dublin Core, LCSH, AAT); resource instruction.

B.S. In Education, English Secondary Education

Activities and Societies: Educational psychology, pedagogy, assessment, classroom management, administration