{"id":135,"date":"2025-02-10T14:50:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T14:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/09\/10\/january-2025-qep-update\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:38:58","slug":"january-2025-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/02\/10\/january-2025-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2025 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"135\" class=\"elementor elementor-135\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f749d92 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f749d92\" 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-7ad2396d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ad2396d\" 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-3b9df470 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b9df470\" 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-274715ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"274715ec\" 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\">A range of activities supported and advanced the Digital Fluency initiative in its current and future state. <\/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-743fc252 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"743fc252\" 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-22cf2e72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22cf2e72\" 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-4a1f15a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a1f15a\" 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>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Worked with Octavia Gibson in Accounts Payable to pay Brightspace Leap invoice.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"mailto:lsmarzik@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-rich-links=\"{&quot;per_n&quot;:&quot;Linda Smarzik&quot;,&quot;per_e&quot;:&quot;lsmarzik@gmail.com&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;person&quot;}\">Linda Smarzik<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented the Digital Fluency program to&nbsp; Texas A &amp; M Corpus Christi to Tara Carlisle, Director of Digital Information Literacy, Eric Cosio, Instructional Designer, and Lisa Louis, Head of Research and Learning.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez met with Erasmus Addae, Associate Vice Chancellor for Distance and Alternative Learning to discuss the future of the program once QEP is complete. Dr. Addae gave his full support in continuing and growing the program.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Met with Erasmus Addae and Grant Potts to get microcredentials on the online course schedule.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Microcredentials&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<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>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">January 23rd &#8211; Demo of Blackboard Ultra course.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Problem Solving with AI and Spreadsheets were successfully converted to Blackboard Ultra courses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A planning calendar was created for converting the additional 11 microcredentials into Blackboard Ultra.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A planning calendar was created to build the final three microcredentials.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Data<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Spring 2025, co-curricular enrollment has outpaced opt-in enrollment with 324 learners to 230 learners. Total enrollment for Spring I, 2025 is 554 learners for 28 sections creating an average of 20 students per section.&nbsp;<\/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-23632bff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23632bff\" 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-59bbdcb3 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59bbdcb3\" 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-8879897 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget 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