GSOLE crisis support for remote writing instruction

Many of you have experienced the recent upheaval of having to convert/migrate your courses into remote formats.

A few weeks ago the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE) began building resources and support for teachers and schools faced with sudden CoVID-19-related campus closures. Little did we know that that would soon mean almost everyone.

GSOLE now has available a robust set of materials to help:

• The Just In Time Hub is a gateway to our various resources, including those below as well as excellent written materials to help you think through course conversion/migration. This material has continued to be updated: www.glosole.org/justintime.html
• Just Ask GSOLE provides a direct link to discussion forums moderated by GSOLE online writing/literacy instruction experts who can answer your specific questions: www.glosole.org/justaskgsole.html
• Walk-In Webinars is a direct link to live Zoom sessions hosted by GSOLE members. Every week, the schedule of facilitators is listed there along with specific topics: www.glosole.org/walkinwebinars.html

Specific questions can be directed to JustAskGSOLE@glosole.org. You can also follow GSOLE on Twitter @gsoleducators for updates on GSOLE's efforts and visit our general website at www.glosole.org for other material and information.

We have been chugging away for about three weeks with this project, and it is important that I share with you the names of the people behind this effort. Following are the primary contributors, including their role in GSOLE and institutional affiliations:

• Amanda Bemer, Webmaster, Southwest Minnesota State University, is facilitating our interfaces and communications.
• Collin Bjork, Member, Massey University-New Zealand, is facilitating Walk-in Webinars.
• Amy Cicchino, Executive Board At-Large Member and Affiliates Chair, Auburn, is coordinating and curating many of the Just-in-Time resources.
• Jenae Druckman Cohn, Webinar Co-Chair, Stanford, talked with me about the initial ideas for our response and is helping coordinate the Walk-in Webinars.
• Jennifer Cunningham, Member, Kent State, is facilitating Walk-in Webinars.
• Kevin DePew, Certification Committee Co-Chair, Old Dominion, is facilitating Walk-in Webinars.
• Miranda Egger, Executive Board At-Large Member, University of Colorado Denver, is coordinating and moderating the JustAskGSOLE email and message board questions.
• Tess Evans, Secretary, Miami University of Ohio, has contributed to the Just-in-Time resources.
• Brendan Hawkins, Florida State University, has contributed to the Just-in-Time resources.
• Lyra Hilliard, Member, University of Maryland, is facilitating Walk-in Webinars.
• Cat Mahaffey, Treasurer, University of North Carolina Charlotte, is facilitating Walk-in Webinars.
• Kim Fahle Peck, Communications and Membership Chair, York College of Pennsylvania, is coordinating the social media communications for this effort.
• Dan Seward, Vice President, Ohio State, developed the Just-in-Time web presence and interface and is the point person for maintaining it.
• Jason Snart, Online Literacies Open Resource Editor, College of DuPage, is facilitating Walk-in Webinars and has helped with our communications.
• Mary Stewart, Webinar Co-Chair, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has created the schedule and plans for the Walk-in Webinars is facilitating Webinars
• Natalie Stillman-Webb, Member, University of Utah, is facilitating Walk-in Webinars.
• Jessi Ulmer, Executive Board At-Large Member, Texas Tech University, has contributed to the Just-in-Time resources.

I’m really glad that the resources and support that this group has provided have been useful to members of our professional communities, and we're going to build on these materials as we  continue what for all of us are untrodden educational paths.