{"id":124,"date":"2025-06-30T14:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T14:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/09\/10\/february-2025-qep-update\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:29:56","slug":"february-2025-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/06\/30\/february-2025-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2025 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"124\" class=\"elementor elementor-124\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19780932 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19780932\" 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-50b370f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50b370f2\" 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-2f1cb842 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f1cb842\" 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-5eeea1e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5eeea1e1\" 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>In February, Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez led several key outreach initiatives, including a meeting with Kathy Dowdy from Adult Education to understand their registration process and explore alignment opportunities. They continued collaboration with Nonprofit Austin to develop a paid model for microcredentials and participated in the Digital Badging Subcommittee. Preparations for the AI Advisory Committee meeting were made with Mary Kohls, and Linda provided coaching to Chris Bunton for his role as committee chair. The AI Advisory Committee meeting was successfully facilitated, focusing on revising the structure and content of AI microcredentials. Additionally, Linda participated in the Digital Equity Coalition&#8217;s \u201cAI Literacy for ALL\u201d Executive Briefing and met with Sandip Debnath and Linda Rodriguez from the Austin Public Library to discuss potential partnerships and refinements in the AI microcredential framework.<\/p><p>On the microcredentials front, migration from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra continued, alongside development on the Systems Thinking and the newly begun Project Management microcredentials. The Spring Session #1 commenced on February 3rd, and a paid model pilot was launched in collaboration with Austin Non-Profit. Data highlights include 235 students enrolling through the opt-in process for the first semester session in Spring 2025.<\/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-2a4696eb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a4696eb\" 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-2c5a8fb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c5a8fb7\" 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-18196e72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18196e72\" 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 and Karina Hernandez met with <\/span><b>Kathy Dowdy (Adult Education)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to learn more about their registration process and explore potential alignment.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Continued collaboration with <\/span><b>Nonprofit Austin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to develop a paid model for offering microcredentials through their platform.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik participated in the Digital Badging Subcommittee.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez with <\/span><b>Mary Kohls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to plan the upcoming <\/span><b>AI Advisory Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> meeting.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik coached <\/span><b>Chris Bunton<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, in preparation for chairing the Advisory Committee.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez facilitated and presented at the <\/span><b>AI Advisory Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> meeting to review and revise the structure and content of the AI microcredentials.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik participated in the <\/span><b>Digital Equity Coalition&#8217;s \u201cAI Literacy for ALL\u201d Executive Briefing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to stay aligned with initiatives.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez met with <\/span><b>Sandip Debnath<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to discuss opportunities and refinement within the AI microcredential framework.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez engaged with Linda Rodriguez from the <\/span><b>Austin Public Library<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to explore a potential partnership.<\/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 began on the Project Management microcredential.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spring Session #1 began on February 3rd<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paid model pilot was launched in collaboration with Austin Non-Profit<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Data<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">235 Opt-in students enrolled through the opt-in process for the first semester session in Spring 2025.<\/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-319f0f21 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"319f0f21\" 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-3ee9e211 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ee9e211\" 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 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