Jim Harcharik is
an Associate Professor in the Composition and Literature
Division at Rock Valley College. He is a former Chairman of
the Communications Division and a veteran of 31years of
teaching experiences at the community college level.
Jim came to Rock Valley College after teaching for 17 years at
Kishwaukee College in Malta, Illinois. As a professor at Rock
Valley for the past 14 years, he has taught a variety of
courses including literature, composition, and developmental
writing.
Presently, Professor Harcharik concentrates on teaching
writing courses at the College utilizing computer-aided
instruction. He has made numerous presentations throughout the
country on the effective use of computers to improve teaching
and learning at the League for Innovation’s Annual
Conferences on Information Technology. He is currently working
with his colleagues at Rock Valley developing EdNet, an online
conferencing and course delivery system used to enhance
traditionally-delivered courses. He also offers a number of
Distance Learning courses over the Internet.
Having been awarded several grants for multimedia development
and training, Jim has
authored several multimedia programs. Jim was awarded
a sabbatical leave for Spring Semester 1998 during which time
he further developed his multimedia authoring skills by
building interactive multimedia tutorials for RVC students.
Professor Harcharik has been married to
his wife, Anne, for 29 years.
She is a biology teacher at Belvidere Junior High
School.
When he is away from campus, Jim is likely to be spotted playing a
round of golf at
Mauh-Nah-Tee-See Country Club. An avid golfer, Jim
also travels the world playing the newly designed golf courses of such golf course architects as Pete
Dye and Robert Trent
Jones. One highlight of such travels was to meet Pete Dye at his
newly designed course
at Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic.
Other activities for Jim include traveling, downhill skiing,
jogging, landscaping, and, of course, keeping up with computer
technology which Jim does through work in his company, Digital
Pipeline,
a developer of web sites, E-commerce strategies, and
interactive multimedia CD’s.
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