GSOLE 2020 Conference Participation Information

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Registration Options

Individual Registration: Members can register for a discounted rate, prorated according to institutional rank. Non-members automatically receive an annual membership by paying the full registration price.

Institutional Registration ($150): With an institutional conference registration, you will receive:

One-year GSOLE membership for the institutional point person (the individual making the purchase through the Cart feature)
Local meeting-room access (single room) for onsite colleagues through point person's login (allows participation in one session at a time)
Free remote conference access for all other GSOLE members at the institution (a list of member usernames must be provided)
5 individual remote conference logins for non-GSOLE members at the institution (Names and contact information must be provided prior to the conference date to allow login setup.)

For questions, please e-mail <conferences.gsole@gmail.com>.

Participation Guide

To make your experience and those of other participants most rewarding, please follow the guidelines below. And if you have concerns about accessibility and participation in any form, please send a message explaining those concerns or specific accommodations you know you’ll need to <conferences.gsole@gmail.com>. We will do our best to address all concerns and requests, but please be aware that some accommodations may require more lead time or funding than presently available.

Accessing Conference Activities

The GSOLE 2020 Conference Portal page will provide links to all conference-related materials and activities described below.
The Conference Program will be posted by December 21 and will be updated as conference content becomes available, including abstracts, the Praxis Post(er)s, and the presentations.
Starting January 21 and running through January 31, the day of the conference, registrants will be able to view the President’s Welcome Video and visit the Praxis Post(er) Hall, which will accommodate asynchronous dialogue about each Praxis Post(er) video.
On January 31, the day of the synchronous conference, registrants will be able to access the Lobby, Presentation Room 1, and Presentation Room 2 via links on the Conference Portal page. Introductory and inter-session activities will take place in the Lobby, which will be hosted in Zoom. Both Presentation Rooms will be hosted in WebEx, courtesy of Old Dominion University.

Asynchronous Discussion Forums

Asynchronous discussion forums are available on the President’s Welcome video, where you can ask informational questions, on the Praxis Post(er) pages, where you are encouraged to engage with Praxis Poster(s) themselves, and also on the Shout Outs! page (available on January 31).
Posting to the Praxis Post(er) poster and Shout Out! forums enter you into one (or more) of the three drawings taking place during the Welcome Session and Intersession Breaks on January 31.
The forums will be available to all conference participants up to and during the conference. Participants can select their usernames for postings (and reset them by clicking on the “log out” link). However, we ask that participants avoid anonymous usernames since these discussions are intended to foster professional community. For questions or concerns about the discussions, please contact the GSOLE Webmaster <conferences.gsole@gmail.com>.

Voice participation

Please test your microphone before logging in (using your device’s sound settings), and then again as you use each of the synchronous meeting platforms (Zoom and WebEx).
Please mute your microphone when you aren’t trying to speak.
Please announce yourself as you make each new comment (e.g., “This is Jane Smith [again], . . .“). Such identification helps presenters and others know how to address replies.

Chat participation

Feel free to contribute text messages to the chat stream, but please be aware that the presenter may not readily notice the messages appearing there.
Please be respectful of the presenter’s focal point by avoiding distracting chat messages. Direct chat messages may be sent to individual participants to avoid crowding the chat stream

Video participation

Feel free to deactivate your video—or to provide some other image in place of the live feed.
Consider deactivating your video if your connection seems slow or jerky, to free up bandwidth.

Presenter Support

In addition to the guidelines above, the following links may be helpful:

All presenters will be required to confirm GSOLE membership and conference registration by January 21, 2020.