Associate Consultant
Andy Galloway is an e-Learning professional and experienced lecturer with the UK Open University Business School. He delivers two modules on the BA in Management, three modules on Open University’s triple accredited MBA programme, and one module on the MSc in Human Resource Management. As a full-time e-Learning practitioner he uses a combination of online learning platforms which include synchronous delivery of tutorials and lectures using the Adobe Connect, and asynchronous learning using forums, blogs, online repositories, wiki’s and multi-media sources (embedded in Open University’s Moodle platform). Students are assessed in both continuous and summative formats through the uploading and online marking of assignments and end-of-module written assessments.
Lecturing since 2010, Andy’s subject areas are business strategy, sustainable entrepreneurship, contextual HR management, business ethics and leadership, and delivers and assesses the culminative research project for the MBA. His role regularly requires the delivery of synchronous learning utilising both plenary and breakout rooms in an online environment, of up to seven hours duration over three consecutive days. His knowledge, understanding, and experience in online learning is recognised and utilised by his faculty, and Andy regularly mentors new tutors and reviews performance through peer monitoring. He has been appointed critical reader in the development of three new modules, including two electives on the MBA programme and is a contributor to the development of the revised MSc in HR. Andy was Professor of Business Ethics in UOC, the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona from 2015-20 for postgraduate UN employees. An e-learning professional, as part of his CPD he is currently completing a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) which will result in becoming a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).