{"id":121,"date":"2025-06-30T14:50:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T14:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/09\/10\/march-2025-qep-update\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:43:11","slug":"march-2025-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/06\/30\/march-2025-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2025 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"121\" class=\"elementor elementor-121\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e8487d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e8487d3\" 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-6e1ae402 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e1ae402\" 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-4f615439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f615439\" 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-573c2044 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"573c2044\" 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\">In March, Linda Smarzik participated in several outreach activities, including working with the Career and Life Design Center Committee and discussing the impact of Microsoft 360 License changes on Digital Fluency. She met with Lisa Maria Coppoletta to talk about the Digital Navigator initiative and attended the monthly Badging Committee meeting. Linda explored potential partnerships with Barry Silverberg and discussed the benefits of becoming a Digital Navigator with Saeed Sallemikia. She also presented updates from the AI Advisory Committee and continued discussions with Kathy Dowdy about registration processes for Adult Education.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The migration from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra progressed, along with ongoing development of the Systems Thinking and Project Management microcredentials. Spring Session #2 commenced on March 31st. Data highlights include 245 students enrolling through the opt-in process for the second spring semester.<\/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-2ec03dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ec03dd\" 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-1db6fdf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1db6fdf9\" 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-1f6b6e8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f6b6e8a\" 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\">Linda Smarzik continued active participation with the <\/span><b>Career and Life Design Center Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, including meetings and presentations.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The DFI team met with <\/span><b>Lara Niles, Jose Gonzalez, and Paul Langloi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s about how Digital Fluency is impacted by the Microsoft 360 License Change.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik met with <\/span><b>Lisa Maria Coppoletta<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, President of the Adjunct Faculty Association, to discuss presenting at their <\/span><b>Spring General Membership Meeting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the Digital Navigator initiative.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik participated in the monthly Badging Committee meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik met with <\/span><b>Barry Silverberg<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to further explore partnership opportunities.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez met with <\/span><b>Saeed Sallemikia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to discuss the role and benefits of becoming a <\/span><b>Digital Navigator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik presented to the <\/span><b>Computer Science and Information Technology Task Force<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, sharing updates and outcomes from the <\/span><b>AI Advisory Committee\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> review of the AI Microcredentials.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik, Karina Hernandez, and Nancy Hernandez, reconnected with <\/span><b>Kathy Dowdy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to continue conversations around registration processes for Adult Education participants.<\/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><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spring Session #2 began on March 31<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Data<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">245 Opt-in students enrolled through the opt-in process for the second spring semester. <\/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-5c6c8862 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c6c8862\" 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-7bba458e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7bba458e\" 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-29e0020e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29e0020e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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