Distance Course Requirements

Requirements for Teaching and Developing a Distance Course

Faculty members who wish to teach their first online/blended course at Harper must complete a training on online/blended education. See Requirement 1 below.

Faculty members who are asked to create a new-to-online course are required to participate in a training on online/blended education as well as develop the requested course according to the distance course development checklist which includes a complete course design review. See Requirement 1 and 2 below.

Requirement 1: Training in Online/Blended Education

Provide evidence of completion of at least one of the following options:

Teaching Online Successfully-Create GEC offered through the Academy for Teaching Excellence
Teaching Online Successfully-Facilitate GEC offered through the Academy for Teaching Excellence
A course or certificate in online instruction through another institution that is approved by the Academy (for example – Illinois Online Network’s Master Online Teacher Certificate)

To complete this requirement:

Visit the Academy GECs page to enroll in Teaching Online-Successfully-Create or Teaching Online Successfully-Facilitate. Contact the Distance Learning Manager, Phil Mortenson, at pmortens@harpercollege.edu to discuss approval of an equivalent training.

Requirement 2: Course Development Process

Use the Harper College Distance Course Development Checklist attached below to document the following process.

To complete this requirement:

After receiving the development request from your dean, print the Adjunct Faculty Distance Course Development Checklist or the Full Time Faculty Distance Course Development Checklist as is applicable to your position.
Complete the first page of the form.
Request that your dean sign the form.
Submit a copy of the signed form (both the first and second page) to the Distance Learning Manager, Phil Mortenson, at pmortens@harpercollege.edu.

Please note the recommended online/blended course development schedule as you begin your process.

Distance Course Development Schedule
Obtain Approval to Develop No Later Than	Course Fully Developed No Later Than	OSCQR Reviews Completed No Later Than	Academy Sign-Off No Later Than	Term of Initial Course Offering
End of September	End of January	End of February	End of March	FALL LAUNCH
End of March	End of July	End of August	End of September	SPRING LAUNCH
End of September	End of January	End of February	End of March	SUMMER LAUNCH

Requirement 1 (online/blended training) should be completed before the OSCQR review step in this timeline.

Full-time and Adjunct Distance Course Development Checklists

Full-Time Distance Course Development Checklist (PDF)
Adjunct Distance Course Development Checklist (PDF)