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Become a Member

GSOLE welcomes members and non-members alike to get involved in one of our many projects! We're eager to welcome new additions to our community to contribute to our growing body of professional development, scholarship, and service work. Please check below for the various ways you can contribute. 

Elected Position: Assistant Treasurer (1 Position, 1-year term followed by two-year term as Treasurer)

Responsibilities:

  • The Assistant Treasurer serves and votes on the Executive Board.

  • The Assistant Treasurer shall work with the Treasurer to keep secure electronic records of GSOLE’s financial transactions.
  • The Assistant Treasurer shall help the Treasurer prepare finance reports for the Annual Performance Report and for any official reporting requirements demanded by affiliates or governmental agencies.
  • The Assistant Treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Steering Committee or Executive Board.
Please send nominations, including self-nominations, to secretary@gsole.org by May 1, 2024

Materials and Election Process
We will create an electronic ballot and conduct elections in May, announcing winners by the first of June. The elected board members begin their terms on 1 July 2024.

Upon confirming their candidacy, all nominees will be asked to submit the following materials by May 1, which will be shared with the GSOLE voting membership during the election:

  • a short CV (2 to 4 pages)

  • a brief, 250-word statement about your work with and commitment to diversity and equity. GSOLE is an organization that is dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusivity, and access in online literacy education and affirms inclusion and access as core components of any online literacy pedagogy.


Elected Position: Executive Board At-Large Member (3 Positions, 2-Year Terms)

Responsibilities:

  • Attend Executive Board meetings to offer input and vote on initiatives and actions

  • Serve on ad-hoc or standing committees to offer support and input

  • Every EB member must be an active member of NCTE to be in compliance with our assembly agreement

Please send nominations, including self-nominations, to secretary@gsole.org by May 1, 2024

Materials and Election Process
We will create an electronic ballot and conduct elections in May, announcing winners by the first of June. The elected board members begin their terms on 1 July 2024.

Upon confirming their candidacy, all nominees will be asked to submit the following materials by May 1, which will be shared with the GSOLE voting membership during the election:

  • a short CV (2 to 4 pages)

  • a brief, 250-word statement about your work with and commitment to diversity and equity. GSOLE is an organization that is dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusivity, and access in online literacy education and affirms inclusion and access as core components of any online literacy pedagogy.

Call for Affiliates Committee Members

The GSOLE Affiliates Committee needs volunteers to serve as liaisons between GSOLE and our affiliate organizations. Liaisons help coordinate joint events with affiliate organizations, organize panels for affiliate conferences, and help cross-promote relevant news between organizations. A current list of GSOLE Affiliate organizations can be found here. Volunteers who are members of organizations not listed on this page can propose new affiliations, as well. 

To get involved, contact affiliates@gsole.org


Call for Digital Committee Members

The GSOLE Digital Committee needs volunteers to help maintain and upkeep its website. Digital Committee members post articles for GSOLE's publications, update webpages, and work alongside the Digital Platforms Manager and Lead Content Curator to maintain GSOLE's website. Experience with Wild Apricot is appreciated but not required. 

To get involved, contact president@gsole.org


Call for ROLE Reviewers, Content Curators, and Copyeditors

About ROLE

Research in Online Literacy Education (ROLE) is a peer-reviewed digital journal published by the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE). ROLE publishes original research and scholarship in literacy-based online education, including online program administration, teaching, and tutoring.

The mission of ROLE is to promote diversity, inclusivity, and access in online literacy education; to build a platform for scholarly conversation that connects reading, writing, and digital composition; to support multimedia scholarship and publish work that includes multimodal forms of digital research and presentation; and to bring together researchers and practitioners across the disciplines to improve the teaching of disciplinary content using multiple literacies.

Reader/reviewers include the following duties:

  • Respond to the draft within one month of submission assignment
  • Marginal feedback throughout the article with specific questions and items for revision
  • A holistic comment at the end of the article responding to the article’s overall goal, it’s fit within the scope of ROLE, and a recommendation for publication (not a good fit; accepted pending major revisions; accepted pending minor revisions and copyedits)

    Copyeditors include the following duties:

    • Respond to the draft within one month of submission assignment
    • Track change any copy edits in the document for final approval for the author(s)

      Content Curators include the following duties:

      • Post draft to the website within one month of submission assignment
      • Communicates with the author(s) about next steps in the process of publication, copyedits, author agreements, etc. in collaboration with the content curator for the website

        If you are interested in any of these positions, please contact role@gsole.org

        Ashlyn Walden, Editor

        Michelle Stuckey, Associate Editor

        Elle Tyson, Design Editor

        Other Opportunities

        As additional opportunities to get involved in GSOLE become available, they will be listed here. If you're interested in getting involved, check out our committees page and reach out to the committee chair to learn more! 



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