{"id":176,"date":"2024-06-18T14:50:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/09\/10\/may-2024-qep-update\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:44:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:44:55","slug":"may-2024-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2024\/06\/18\/may-2024-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2024 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"176\" class=\"elementor elementor-176\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39567de7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"39567de7\" 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-7ac25df1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7ac25df1\" 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-7a3cc40c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a3cc40c\" 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-1620276c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1620276c\" 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 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite being short-staffed and having a limited budget, the core DFI team continues to work diligently toward meeting the original timeline and goals of the Quality Enhancement Plan. <strong>Student registration numbers are meeting and exceeding QEP goals<\/strong>, and the planned rollout of the Microcredentials is only falling slightly behind the original schedule. To date, <strong>375 students have earned one badge, 47 students have earned two badges, and 26 students have earned three or more badges, one of which earned an impressive 10 badges<\/strong>!<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>The 12th QEP Microcredential, Interactive Media, was developed<\/strong>, added to the LMS, tested, and will be offered in Fall Session #2, and development began for the 13th Microcredential, Advanced PowerPoint. Substantial updates were also made to the Spreadsheets Microcredential.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Outside interest in ACC\u2019s DFI Microcredentials is growing. Meetings were held with <strong>UT Austin<\/strong> to discuss partnering and with <strong>Foundation Communities<\/strong> to discuss offering microcredentials to clients and staff. Furthermore, an info session was offered for the <strong>Military Spouse Microcredential Pilot Initiative<\/strong>, whereby military spouses will be able to take DFI Microcredentials to gain valuable skills for an increasingly digital workforce.<\/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-5b7582f6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b7582f6\" 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-2f939776 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f939776\" 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-32e5829d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32e5829d\" 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 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Outreach<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 1 &#8211; All Day strategy meeting for next steps concerning vision.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 2 &#8211; Met with Military Families to test the registration process.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 6 &#8211; Met with Susan Warner-Sanchez to discuss processes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 6 &#8211; Follow up on Strategy meeting.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 13 &#8211; Met with Cynthis Labrake and Karen Browning from UT Austin to discuss possibilities of partnering on microcredentials.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 14 &#8211; Met with Gabriela Rodriguez and Lucita Rodrigues with Foundation Communities to discuss offering microcredentials to their staff and clients.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 22 &#8211; DFI team met offsite to strategize 24\/25 outreach campaign.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 22 &#8211; Information Session for Military Families.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">20 additional Start Strong\/Stay Strong posters were ordered for posting on the HLC campus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Microcredentials&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Substantial updates started on the Spreadsheets microcredential including diversifying the learning activities, improving the student experience, and redoing many assignments and the capstone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interactive Media was loaded into Brightspace Leap with testing is process.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development of Advanced PowerPoint began.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Data<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enrollment in the combined co-curricular and opt-in sections (since inception) is 2204 learners. <\/span><b>Co-curricular (in the classroom) has an unduplicated headcount of 650 enrollments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> while the Opt-in had a duplicated headcount of 1455 enrollments. The milestones of year two enrollment for the QEP has been met. Currently, the microcredential sessions are embedded in English, Technical Writing, Intro to Law, English (High School), EDUC (early college), Web Design Tools, Fashion and Marketing, and Electronics.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data continues to be gathered and documented in multiple areas such as <\/span><b>1) milestones; <\/b><b><br><\/b><b>2) deliverables; 3) microcredential performance indicators; and 4) student learning outcomes.&nbsp;<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">130 badges were awarded for Spring Session #2, bringing the total number of Spring Session badges to 263, up from 194 badges awarded for both Fall Sessions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/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-30fdff49 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"30fdff49\" 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-1016132e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1016132e\" 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-667c51f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"667c51f7\" 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>No meeting was held in April.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ffaf578 elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"2ffaf578\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Post Navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2024\/06\/17\/march-2024-qep-update\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-prev\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M31.7 239l136-136c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l22.6 22.6c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L127.9 256l96.4 96.4c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L201.7 409c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-136-136c-9.5-9.4-9.5-24.6-.1-34z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Prev<\/span><\/span><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--title\">March 2024 QEP Update<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__next elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2024\/06\/18\/april-2024-qep-update\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__next\"><span class=\"post-navigation__next--title\">April 2024 QEP Update<\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-next\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite being short-staffed and having a limited budget, the core DFI team continues to work diligently toward meeting the original timeline and goals of the Quality Enhancement Plan. Student registration numbers are meeting and exceeding QEP goals, and the planned rollout of the Microcredentials is only falling slightly behind the original schedule. To date, 375 students have earned one badge, 47 students have earned two badges, and 26 students have earned three or more badges, one of which earned an impressive 10 badges!<br \/>\nThe 12th QEP Microcredential, Interactive Media, was developed, added to the LMS, tested, and will be offered in Fall Session #2, and development began for the 13th Microcredential, Advanced PowerPoint. Substantial updates were also made to the Spreadsheets Microcredential.<br \/>\nOutside interest in ACC\u2019s DFI Microcredentials is growing. Meetings were held with UT Austin to discuss partnering and with Foundation Communities to discuss offering microcredentials to clients and staff. Furthermore, an info session was offered for the Military Spouse Microcredential Pilot Initiative, whereby military spouses will be able to take DFI Microcredentials to gain valuable skills for an increasingly digital workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qep-monthly-updates"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}