Google Tools for Online Teaching
Looking to spice up your online teaching? How about making lessons more interactive? Then it’s time to learn more about the free suite of education tools available from Google. This workshop will introduce you to easy and innovative ideas to utilize the collaboration features of Google in a remote learning environment. Come discover how these tools can complement Blackboard and learn tips to enhance the online teaching and learning experience.
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Registration Deadline Extended for "Understanding and Rethinking Anti-Racism and Resistance" GEC |
Join Dr. Joseph Flynn, Associate Director of the Center for Black Studies and Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at NIU, for a discussion-based seminar to explore how we can build awareness and strategies for social change as an institution and as a society. Participants will have an opportunity to apply concepts from Dr. Flynn’s book, White Fatigue: Rethinking Resistance for Social Justice, to our context with a group of Harper colleagues. This course is running with faculty from across divisions and is also appropriate for staff. Please watch the interview with Dr. Flynn for more information.
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Apply by November 2 for the Glenn Reich Memorial Faculty Award for Instructional Technology
To be considered for the $1,000 award, applicants must submit a description of the instructional technology or technologies they have used or are using, an explanation of how it has enhanced the teaching and learning process, and a description of how they envision its future use. Applications will be evaluated based upon innovation, creativity, teaching/learning evolution, shared knowledge, and future teaching/learning application.
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Advising Services is Looking to Partner with You
Happy fall semester from Advising Services! Academic Advisors are gearing up for spring registration by proactively reaching out to students to ensure that they have the resources and support they need while also selecting classes for next semester. In addition to educational planning, advising appointments include sharing information on virtual resources like offerings from the Academic Support Center and the Hawks Care Resource Center and Counseling Services. As students are still adapting to remote learning, we are addressing questions and concerns while also developing success strategies to support students’ success in the classroom.
We would like to continue to grow our partnership and interactions with faculty and hope you can take the time to let us know how we can support one another in and outside the classroom by visiting this Formstack link.
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New Tutorials from the Library
The Library has an updated Tutorials page on our website, which you can reach by hovering over the word "Research" and selecting "Tutorials" from the drop-down menu. This page is designed for student use, but faculty may also find it helpful for their own work or for sharing with students. Most of the video tutorials are short and provide a quick introduction to basic research skills and tools or technology. We have more tutorial options on our Library and Information Literacy Instruction page for faculty, but if you want a video on a topic not covered on either page or want to pair videos with other instruction from librarians, get in touch with us at lrcrefdk@harpercollege.edu.
Learn more about other updated services and resources available through the Library.
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Online Instruction Support & Resources
The Academy is here to support all full-time and adjunct faculty. Please review the resources below and let us know how we can continue to support you.
Please continue to submit support requests using the Online Instruction Support form. An Academy team member will follow up with you within one business day.
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Harper's fifth virtual town hall is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday, October 29. Topics will include the Spring 2021 semester, enrollment and our ongoing response to COVID-19. You will find the Webex login information and an add to calendar link on HIP.
Student Development counselors Michele Decanio and Jen Rojek continue to post self-service support to students on the external web in the form of a regularly updated "Mindful Moments" blog. Given the stress and the challenging times for all, please encourage students to visit the Counseling Services webpages or direct students to the blog which features new tips and tools often. Questions? Reach out to Michele: mdecanio@harpercollege.edu or Jen: jrojek@harpercollege.edu. Learn more and view the latest post using the link above.
Please Share with Your Students
Learn more about accessing Harper applications & systems remotely, Blackboard, Webex and web conferencing tools, support for online teaching/learning, Library resources, where to go to ask questions and more.
- Seeing Reason: A Workshop in Argument Mapping for College Faculty
- Understanding and Rethinking Anti-Racism and Resistance
- Google Tools for Online Teaching
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Teaching Online Successfully: Create and Facilitate (new sessions added!)
- What Are the Secrets to Providing Highly Effective Feedback to Students?
- Sustaining the Professional Self for Meaningful Engagement
- Understanding Latin@ Campus Experiences: Student Panel
- How Can Preparing to Teach Online Improve My Face-To-Face Teaching?
- Let’s Pause Right Here: Addressing Microaggressions in the Moment
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How well do Harper students perform on information literacy skills?
Submitted by the Learning Assessment Committee
Our General Education Learning Outcomes state that students should be able to “Apply a variety of credible sources to support a given topic” at the time they graduate from Harper. Last spring, the Learning Assessment Committee and its Information Literacy Work Group led an assessment of this outcome in a selection of course sections, ultimately assessing the work of more than 370 students. Thank you to those of you who participated in this assessment! Learn more about the Spring 2020 results.
What happens next?
Based on these results, the Learning Assessment Committee and the General Education-Information Literacy Work Group are gathering feedback to inform development of an Information Literacy Improvement Plan. The plan will be completed in Spring 2021, implemented in FY2022, and a follow-up assessment of this outcome will be conducted in FY2023.
Join the conversation!
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Faculty-Driven Development Opportunity
Would you like to engage in a faculty-driven development opportunity that creates space for instructors to engage in meaningful and productive reflection on their teaching and classroom experience? Join a Community of Practice! The following groups are currently seeking members to participate in their communities:
- Empathetic Teaching
- Universal Design for Learning
- Grit, Growth Mindset, and Metacognition
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Sustaining the Professional Self for Meaningful Engagement
Concerned about managing all that life is throwing at you and caring for yourself and others? Experiencing or observing others struggle to maintain work-life harmony, restful sleep, positive outlooks, and/or healthy routines? Looking for some ways to maintain the energy you need to successfully engage in the endeavors of most value to you? If so, please take the opportunity to participate in the updated workshop “Sustaining the Professional Self for Meaningful Engagement” and spend some time building awareness of the causes and effects of stress, exploring frameworks to deepen your understanding of self-care, and applying practical strategies for enhanced flow and well-being.
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Faculty Confidence in Online Learning Grows
While college support and faculty confidence has increased in online learning, an article from Inside Higher Ed reflects on a new survey that highlights concerns about equity for underrepresented students.
Excerpt from the article: "'As soon as we made the decision to go fully online last March, there was a clear difference in success rates for the rest of the term because of access to technology, equipment, and internet,' the report quotes one community college faculty member as saying. 'It was frustrating and heartbreaking to see which students struggled to manage the class. This is the biggest hurdle we face. Making online classes is hard, but not as hard as making sure everyone has equal access.'"
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Upcoming Professional Development Credit Opportunities |
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October 30, 9 a.m. (CEUs: 0.3)
November 3 - December 8 (GECs: 3) register by: October 30
November 4, 11 a.m. (CEUs: 0.15)
November 9 - November 22 (GECs: 1)
November 11, 12 p.m. (CEUs: 0.1)
November 18, 1 p.m. (CEUs: 0.2)
November 19, 3 p.m. (CEUs: 0.1)
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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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