A 5 Part Approach to Providing Feedback
Jeff Przybylo, Professor of Communication and Director of Speech and Debate at Harper, recently facilitated a webinar about how he uses GoReact to provide effective feedback to students. In the webinar, Jeff reviews the five GoReact tools that enable him to streamline feedback for better time management and student growth.
In this free, recorded webinar you’ll learn:
- Why it’s important to provide feedback in various modalities for student growth
- How to expertly use GoReact to quickly provide meaningful feedback
- How to make informed decisions about the feedback technology you use for student assessment
- How rubrics, markers, written comments, audio comments, and video comments work together to help you give better feedback
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Adjunct Faculty Teaching & Learning Conference
The Academy hosted the 9th Annual Adjunct Faculty Teaching & Learning Conference on September 13. Thank you to everyone who was able to join us in person or for the virtual keynote presentation. Our featured speaker was Cate Denial from Knox College. The keynote recording, presentation slides, conference photos, and additional resources are now available.
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Creating Equitable Learning Experiences: An Introduction to the Enacting Equity Course Review Tool
Who succeeds in Harper courses and why? What can an instructor do to improve student outcomes? This workshop presents opportunities for instructors to implement more equitable practices using the Enacting Equity in Courses tool. Under the guidance of instructors and Academy staff, participants will review institutional data and consider areas for improvement in their own courses.
Faculty who complete an equity course review are eligible to receive a stipend.
This session will take place in person with an option to participate virtually. Refreshments will be provided for in-person participants.
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2022 International Education Summit
The 12th Annual International Education Summit will take place at Harper on November 4 in the Wojcik Conference Center. The summit is a wonderful opportunity to discuss and explore ideas, approaches, methodologies, and pedagogies that help our students critically examine our world. The theme of this year’s summit is Sustainability and Conservation and Dr. Debra Rowe, president of the U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development, is the keynote speaker. The breakout sessions will cover a variety of topics, including environmental justice, the UN sustainability goals, equitable pedagogy, and interdisciplinary approaches to exploring sustainability.
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New Voter Information from the Library
The Library has created a new Voter Resources Guide, which provides information about voting in Illinois. With this guide, you can find links to help you identify where to vote, how to get to the polls, what you need to bring to vote, how to research candidates, and more. Check out the guide for more information, and consider sharing this resource with your students!
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Academy & Blackboard Support: How to Get Help
The Academy team is available on campus for drop-in support in Building F, Room F317, as well as available for remote support.
Not sure what to ask or where to start? We’re here for you! Just fill out the Academy Request Form, and an Academy team member will follow-up with you.
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Would you like support for your students doing a research assignment, or do you just want your students to get a brief introduction to the resources and services the Library offers? Request library instruction today! The Library offer options online and on campus - everything from a quick orientation to in-depth research support. Find more details and a link to the Instructional Request Form on the Library and Information Literacy Instruction page.
Join the Employee Technical Skills Trainers for the Ask a Technical Trainer Series. They are available to answer your questions on LinkedIn Learning, Office 365, and Webex. Drop in (virtually or in person) to ask one question or stay the whole hour. No registration required. View the full series schedule for dates and times using the link above.
Use the links below to view important deadline and due dates from the Registrar's Office:
Did you recently attend a professional development session focused on Interculturally-Competent Classroom Practices? If so, don't forget to report your participation. Please use the link above to let the Teaching and Learning Strategic Goal Team know about a professional development experience which relates to intercultural competent classroom practices.
The Institutional Effectiveness Measures (IEM) dashboard is now available for faculty and staff to review and explore. The IEM dashboard provides data on the college’s 16 measures, including overall targets, gap targets, and peer data where available. Learn more using the link above.
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Annual Assessment Conference and Share Fair 2022
Shared by the Learning Assessment Committee
On September 30 the Learning Assessment Committee and the Academy for Teaching Excellence held the 14th Annual Harper College Assessment Conference and Share Fair. More than 60 faculty and staff attended the in-person conference. The event focused on re-engaging and sharing assessment strategies and best practices, including the keynote address, “Reset to Re-engage: Assessment for Community Building” by Dr. Natasha Jankowski.
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The Harper Anthology
The Harper Anthology, published by the English department, is an annual, faculty-judged collection of the best academic writing, campus-wide, by Harper students.
Volume 29 of the Anthology will be in print sometime next month, but faculty submissions of excellent student papers are needed for Volume 30. Faculty can use this link to submit a paper for possible publication. The deadline for submissions for the next issue is May 29, 2023, but the English department encourages regular submission of papers throughout the fall, spring, and summer semesters.
The Anthology publishes student essays, reports, research papers, studies, interviews, letters, journal entries, speeches, and other written responses to assignments. Please submit your students’ excellent work this semester! If you have questions, contact Kris Piepenburg of the English Department, at kpiepenb@harpercollege.edu.
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Harper Awarded Fulbright-Hays GPA Grant for Teaching Africa Today Project
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Harper’s Office of International Education a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) grant. The $163,444 grant is helping to fund a professional development program in East Africa titled Teaching Africa Today: Environmental and Sustainability Issues in Kenya and Uganda Through a Social Justice Lens. Co-directed by Harper faculty Dr. Richard Johnson and Associate Professor Mukila Maitha, the 18-month project began this June and will include two semesters of pre-departure work. The centerpiece will be a six-week field seminar for 12 educators in Kenya and Uganda in Summer 2023, followed by additional months to review and report on takeaways from the experience.
“When faculty are globally minded, we are able to bring that perspective into the classroom,” Johnson said.
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Online Subscriptions & Memberships for All Faculty
The following online resources are available to all Harper faculty at no cost:
- Illinois Community Colleges Online (ILCCO)
- Illinois Online Network (ION)
- Magna Publications (including 20-Minute Mentor on-demand videos)
- National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD)
- Online Learning Consortium (OLC)
Learn more about these resources and view login information.
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Upcoming Professional Development Credit Opportunities |
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October 18 - November 22 (GECs: 3) registration closed
October 19, 9:30 a.m. (CEUs: 0.2)
October 21, 8:30 a.m. (CEUs: 0.35)
October 24 - November 6 (GECs: 1) registration closed
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What's Happening @ Harper? |
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Academy for Teaching Excellence | 847.925.6174 | Building F, Room F317
Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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The mission of the Academy for Teaching Excellence is to create a vibrant teaching and learning culture for full-time and adjunct faculty that cultivates professional development in support of student success. |
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Accessibility: Individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation or who have questions about physical access may contact the event host or Access and Disability Services at ads@harpercollege.edu, 847.925.6266, at least two weeks in advance of the event date.
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Harper College enriches its diverse communities by providing quality, affordable, and accessible education. Harper College, in collaboration with its partners, inspires the transformation of individual lives, the workforce, and society. |
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