Graduate Equivalency Courses (GECs)
A GEC is a graduate-level course on a particular topic or theme at a level of rigor equivalent to a graduate course in an accredited college or university. GECs address teaching and learning issues faced by faculty across many disciplines including liberal arts, social sciences, STEM, health and technical careers, counseling and advising. The credits from these courses are included in a faculty member’s application for tenure and promotion as professional development credits. They are also internal credits only and are not transferable to another institution. All Harper College faculty (full-time and adjunct) can register for GEC courses at no cost.
Scroll to the bottom of the page for archives with links to more information about previous course offerings. For questions and more information about GECs, please contact the Academy at academy@harpercollege.edu.
Summer 2023
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Teaching Online Successfully: Create (register by May 29)
- Format: Online, asynchronous
- Dates: June 12 – June 25, 2023
- GECs: 1
- Details: This two-week, online course prepares and supports faculty who are developing an online or blended course in Blackboard, and any faculty who have an interest in exploring best practices in online and blended course creation. Faculty will learn about critical components of quality course design, receive an introduction to the OSCQR rubric used at Harper for evaluating online and blended course quality, modify an existing course syllabus for use in an online or blended format, and build one complete course module and orientation module inside a provided model course shell in Blackboard.
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Teaching Online Successfully: Facilitate (register by June 26)
- Format: Online, asynchronous
- Dates: July 10 – July 23, 2023
- GECs: 1
- Details: This two-week, online course prepares and supports faculty who are teaching an online or blended course in Blackboard, and any faculty who have an interest in exploring best practices in online and blended course facilitation. Faculty will learn about critical components of effective course management and communication, develop a faculty schedule to aid in the management of their course, and enhance their course and syllabus using tools to encourage faculty-student and student-student interaction.
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Teaching Online Successfully: Enhance (register by July 10)
- Format: Online, asynchronous
- Dates: July 24 – August 6, 2023
- GECs: 1
- Details: This course provides faculty with tools and techniques to enhance their online course in ways that encourage student engagement. Faculty will explore basic screencasting/lecture capture tools and best practices, incorporate web-based tools into their course, use Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor for online exam proctoring, facilitate group work inside of Blackboard, and make online materials accessible for students and compliant with copyright guidelines.
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GEC Archives
Previous course offerings are organized by semester below. Click on the title to view details and more information.
- Spring 2023
- Fall 2022
- Summer 2022
- Spring 2022
- Fall 2021
- Summer 2021
- Spring 2021
- Fall 2020
- Summer 2020
- Spring 2020
- Fall 2019
- Summer 2019
- Spring 2019
- Fall 2018
- Summer 2018
- Spring 2018
- Fall 2017
- Summer 2017
- Spring 2017
- Teaching Online Successfully: Create
- Teaching Online Successfully: Facilitate
- Teaching Online Successfully: Enhance
- The Reflective Educator (Level II Adjunct Faculty Engagement Program GEC)
- Creating an Accessible Learning Environment for Students with Disabilities
- Equity Teaching Academy: Examine for Equity
- Equity Teaching Academy: Reflect on Equity
- Exploring Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in the Community College Classroom in the U.S. Socio-Political Context
- Teaching Online Successfully: Create
- Teaching Online Successfully: Facilitate
- Teaching Online Successfully: Enhance
- Teaching Online Successfully: Create
- Teaching Online Successfully: Facilitate
- Teaching Online Successfully: Enhance
- The Reflective Educator (Level II Adjunct Faculty Engagement Program GEC)
- Teaching Online Successfully: Spring & Summer 2020
- The Reflective Educator (Level II Adjunct Faculty Engagement Program GEC)
- Equity Pedagogies and Practices
- Extending the Walls of the Classroom: Infusing South Asia into Harper College
- Evidence-Based Teaching
- Practicum in Action Research
- Teaching Online Successfully: Create
- Teaching Online Successfully: Enhance
- Teaching Online Successfully: Facilitate
- Teaching Online Successfully: Spring & Summer 2020
- Carrying the (Cognitive) Load for Students
- Teaching Online Successfully: Create
- Teaching Online Successfully: Facilitate
- The Reflective Educator (Level II Adjunct Faculty Engagement Program GEC)
- Teaching Online Successfully: Create
- Teaching Online Successfully: Facilitate
- The Reflective Educator (Level II Adjunct Faculty Engagement Program GEC)
- Comic Books & Visual Literacy in the College Classroom
- Creating an Accessible Learning Environment for Students with Disabilities
- Teaching Online Successfully: Create
- Teaching Online Successfully: Facilitate
- Teaching Online Successfully