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Please contact us at onlinetaskforce@acpa.nche.edu or connect with the members of our Leadership with questions or ideas.
OUR purpose
The Online Experiences & Engagement Task Force provides opportunities for professional development about contemporary issues in engaging college students beyond coursework and creating meaningful experiences in a virtual space. The Task Force will assist in positioning ACPA to be an informed voice on understanding the development of learners, and their changing experiences in an online world.
Our goals:
- To advance the conversation on equity in learning through online spaces across higher education and the relationship between online learning and the experiences of low income, first generation, and historically marginalized students.
- To create a forum for ACPA members to discuss and share ideas, best practices and tips for working in online spaces and to connect with students.
- To contribute to ACPA publications on research and/or best practices related to the online learner and online learning.
- To identify new members based on their interest in online learning and improving the online experience for students.
- To share job postings for online positions in higher education.
- To identify emerging issues related to online experiences and engagement and provide members with access to information regarding current issues and trends.
- To establish awards that recognize ACPA members who are doing outstanding and innovative work with online experiences and engagement.
RESOURCES
We are endorsing a number of ACPA2GO webinars. Stay tuned for schedule updates.
Our history
- We are a Task Force planning to become a Commission
- We are looking for new and active members who want to get involved.
News & Updates
Recommendations to Increase Online Student Retention: A Delphi Study, By Dr. Danielle Kish
Recommendations to Increase Online Student Retention: A Delphi Study By Dr. Danielle Kish Higher education institutions (HEI), continue to see an increase in online courses as they gain in attendance and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES, 2022)...
OEE at ACPA23 and Endorsed Programs
Find OEE at ACPA23 Annual Convention CelebrACPA and Opening Reception Look for the Task Force for Online Experiences & Engagement Table Sunday 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM Chat with Online Experiences & Engagement Task Force Balcony I - New Orleans Marriott Monday 8:45...
OEE Scholar Interview Series: Dr. Tiera Tanksley
We’re excited to highlight the scholarship of Dr. Tiera Tanksley, Assistant Professor of Equity, Diversity, and Justice in Education at CU Boulder and a Critical Race Technology Fellow at UCLA. She earned her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Education and Information...
OEE Scholar Interview Series: David S. Byers, MSW, Ph.D.
We’re excited to highlight the scholarship of David S. Byers, MSW, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. His research examines ethical responses to stigma and precarity, including bystander ethics and the...
OEE Scholar Interview Series: Dr. Sharla Berry
We’re excited to highlight the scholarship of Dr. Sharla Berry, Assistant Professor in the Center for Evaluation and Educational Effectiveness (CEEE) at California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Berry is an expert in the field of digital equity and online learning....
ACPA OEE: Call for Blog Post Submissions
ACPA Online Experiences & Engagement (OEE) Task Force has created a Blog Submission pipeline to start serving the ACPA community with ongoing discussion and insights in contemporary issues and emerging practices for online experiences and engagement in higher...
Emergency Remote Student Experiences are Not Quality Online Engagements
It’s been two years since higher education institutions took a hard turn towards emergency remote plans due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. This emergency pivot has disrupted many common practices we once knew as best practices, and we have yet to catch up to the...
Opportunities for Enhancing Online Engagement through Retrospective
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. This turned our lives upside-down. In a matter of days, we suddenly needed to navigate our own families and lives, but we also needed to find new ways to interact and engage...
OEE Newsletter February 2022
February 2022 Newsletter Welcome to our First edition of the ACPA Task Force for Online Experiences and Engagement (OEE) newsletter! We plan to send this a couple times a year to inform you of what we’ve been working on and ways to support us and get involved. If you...
Visit Us at ACPA22!
We will be at ACPA22 in St. Louis and want to meet you at our CelebrACPA table. Stop by to find out more about our work, sign up for our newsletter, and discuss how you can be involved. Online Experiences & Engagement Task Force provides opportunities for...
upcoming events
There are no upcoming events at this time
Past events
ACPA2GO–ADVISING DURING TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY
NOVEMBER 8 @ 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
29 SEPTEMBER 2021 // 12:00PM – 1:00PM ET
Meet the Leadership
Nicole Chelonis
Task Force Member
She/Her/Hers
Defense Acquisition University
Megan Oleksa
Task Force Member
She/Hers
Jessi Robinson
Task Force Member
University of Massachusetts Boston
Signum University
Jacqueline Huggins
Task Force Member
She/Her
jacqueline.huggins@sta.uwi.edu
The University of the West Indies
Wadad El Housseini
Task Force Member
She/Hers
Qatar University
Dan Bureau
Task Force Member
He/Him
Louisiana State University
Virginia Byrne
Task Force Member
She/Hers
Morgan State University
Frank Garofalo
Task Force Member
He/Him
frank.garofalo@reslifeportal.com
ResLife Portal
Get Involved
Membership is open to all ACPA members who have an interest in creating a better online experience for students!
We are always looking for new task force members interested in sharing their knowledge, ideas and energy with our team! We are currently working on becoming an ACPA commission and are looking for folks who want to contribute, collaborate and connect with other ACPA members.
Please fill out this form and let us know how you’d like to get involved!
Ready to join?
Joining an Entity through the ACPA Member Portal automatically identifies you as a member of that Entity! You will begin to receive Entity communications through their respective email listserv and have access to any resources they share!
- Login to your ACPA Member Account
- Click on Community Groups (Chatter)
- Click Groups
- Click Active Groups
- Find the entity you want to join and within that group, click +Join
Contact onlinetaskforce@acpa.nche.edu, to learn more about ACPA’s Online Experiences & Engagement Task Force!
ACPA OEE: Workgroups
- OEE Events & Seminars for ACPA2GO
- Online Spectrum
Interested in joining a workgroup? Contact onlinetaskforce@acpa.nche.edu
Awards
Details coming soon.