{"id":458,"date":"2025-09-10T14:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/faculty\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T14:51:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:51:46","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Microcredentials help students succeed<\/h2>

Do you have students who are struggling and could benefit from one or more digital skills?<\/b> Recommend that those students take microcredentials to acquire needed digital skills. They can fit microcredentials into their schedule and move as fast as they are able to master the content.<\/p>

Do you spend valuable class time helping students master a digital skill instead of teaching your content?<\/strong> Add a 4-week microcredential as a prerequisite to your 12-week course and ensure every student is ready to learn on day one.<\/p>

Would a particular microcredential enhance your existing course?<\/strong> Add a 3-week microcredential as supplemental coursework and give your students the added benefit of an in-demand digital skill that compliments your curriculum.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Microcredentials benefit you as a Professor<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Help you help your students<\/h3>

Empower your students to be successful in their academic and career paths by ensuring they have in-demand digital skills<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Save time<\/h3>

Prepare your students to be successful in your course and spend less class time teaching fundamental digital skills<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Enrich your course material<\/h3>

Enhance your course curriculum with microcredentials in digital skills that add to your student's experience and knowledge<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"I found the Web Builder microcredential an excellent complement to the current ITSE 1301 \u2013 Web Design Tools curriculum. It provided students the opportunity to add on their experience of hand-coding from scratch their websites by giving them exposure to a different approach of website development using the open-source website creation platform WordPress.\"\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Manuel\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tManuel Duran<\/span>ACC Professor, Computer Science & Information Technology<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Love that these microcredentials come at no cost to students! ... I\u2019ve been a bit surprised by the number of students who have been missing assignments early on in the semester. These have largely been students (of all ages) who struggle with the technology used in the classroom at ACC. Some have even indicated that tech was the breaking point for them, leading them to want to drop the class despite thoroughly enjoying course content. ... These stackable microcredits are sorely needed at ACC!\"\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Microcredentials are Flexible<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Recommend students take a Microcredential<\/h3>

In this student-driven<\/strong> option, the student registers for the microcredential on their own, due to either a professor’s recommendation or by personal choice. Students have up to 5 weeks<\/strong> to complete a microcredential at a time that is convenient for them.<\/p>

Integrate with a course<\/h3>

There are two professor-driven<\/strong> options for integrating microcredentials into a course.<\/p>

4 week\/12 week \u2013 <\/strong>Require students to take a 4-week<\/strong> microcredential prior to your 12-week<\/strong> course to ensure every student has the digital skills they need to be successful before your class starts.<\/p>

Co-curricular \u2013 <\/strong>Add a 3-week<\/strong> microcredential at any point within your 16-week course schedule as supplemental to your traditional content. This model could be used to enhance your course material.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Microcredentials are plug and play<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Content is developed<\/h3>