{"id":118,"date":"2025-07-01T14:50:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/09\/10\/april-2025-qep-update\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:22:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:22:42","slug":"april-2025-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/07\/01\/april-2025-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2025 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"118\" class=\"elementor elementor-118\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b62a4fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b62a4fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-689e9d98 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"689e9d98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70bcd52a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70bcd52a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Monthly Summary<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4756ddcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4756ddcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This month&#8217;s outreach efforts included the production of a new Digital Fluency animation microcredential video by ACC GROW student Kara Buckner. Linda Smarzik, Ann Kennedy, and Ann Pamela Saez filmed student testimonials for marketing purposes, and Linda provided a testimonial on the benefits of collaborating with Kara Buckner. Meetings were held with Chandra Vanajakshi, Kevin Clark, and Paula Luera to discuss becoming Digital Navigators, and with Andrea Kehoe to explore integrating AI Microcredentials into the AAIA Summer School Program. Karina Hernandez successfully submitted an AI proposal for a three-day summer institute workshop. Additionally, discussions with Jenna Cullinane Hege and Connie Wall focused on the current landscape of microcredentials at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The migration of microcredentials from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra continued, along with ongoing development of the Systems Thinking and Project Management microcredentials. Data highlights include 141 digital badges awarded to students who completed Spring #1 microcredentials.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eac7ebd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2eac7ebd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f3d3b95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f3d3b95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Highlights<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f0ab9fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f0ab9fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Outreach<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new <\/span><b>Digital Fluency animation microcredential video<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was produced by ACC GROW student <\/span><b>Kara Buckner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik, Ann Kennedy, and Ann Pamela Saez filmed <\/span><b>three student testimonials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> highlighting their experiences with Digital Fluency, to be used in upcoming marketing efforts.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik provided a <\/span><b>testimonial on the benefits of collaborating with GROW student<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Kara Buckner, spotlighting their valuable contributions to real-world projects.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez met with <\/span><b>Chandra Vanajakshi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Kevin Clark<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><b>Paula Luera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to discuss opportunities for becoming <\/span><b>Digital Navigators<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez met with <\/span><b>Andrea Kehoe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to explore integrating AI Microcredentials into the <\/span><b>AAIA Summer School Program<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Karina Hernandez submitted an <\/span><b>AI proposal to the AAIA Summer School Program<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> which was later accepted for a three-day summer institute workshop.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez met with <\/span><b>Jenna Cullinane Hege<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>Connie Wall<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to discuss the current landscape of microcredentials at the <\/span><b>Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Microcredentials\u00a0<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The migration of the microcredentials from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra continued this month.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development continued on the Systems Thinking microcredential.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development continued on the Project Management microcredential.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Data<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">141 digital badges were awarded to students who completed Spring #1 microcredentials<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e349adf elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e349adf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b2d90a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b2d90a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Implementation Committee Meetings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2458b00b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2458b00b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Add meeting 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