In the News
The Digital Fluency and Innovation program at ACC is getting a lot of attention. This new modality of offering microcredentials by accredited colleges and universities presents a lot of challenges and people are interested in our approach. Several colleges and organizations have asked us for interviews, to sit on panels, and present at conferences to share our model, what we’ve learned, and how our program is progressing.
This page features links to publications, presentations, events, and other sources, where ACC’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), Digital Fluency & Innovation, is in the spotlight. Keep coming back to this page to follow the latest news and events, sign up for our newsletter, and feel free to contact us if you want to know more about our program.
Publications Featuring Digital Fluency & Innovation at ACC
Upskilling Student Digital Literacy with Micro-credentials
Knowing that many employers prefer job applicants with a range of digital literacy skills, Austin Community College (ACC) launched a brand-new initiative to help students
Inside Higher Ed – Adaptation Across the Higher Ed Landscape
In an article exploring college enrollment challenges across the nation, Austin Community College District’s Quality Enhancement Plan, Digital Fluency and Innovation, is featured as a
Pathways to digital skills development for Latino workers
UpSkill America — an initiative of the Economic Opportunities Program — and the Latinos and Society Program at the Aspen Institute, with support from Google.org,
Developing Digital Fluency to Advance Equity: The Case of Austin Community College
The pandemic forced many small business owners to adopt new technology to stay competitive. Latino and other minority business owners were especially impacted by the
Digital Fluency & Innovation Presentations & Events
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Name of Event: Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi – Digital Fluency Microcredentials Presentation: Transforming Learners with Digital Fluency Microcredentials Presented by: Linda Smarzik
DE Symposium 2024
DFI team presents at AI-focused DE Symposium Linda Smarzik, Karina Hernandez, and Pam Fant-Saez presented at the DE Symposium, Top AI Issues Impacting Distance/Digital Learning
CBExchange 2024
DFI Team Presents at CBExchange 2024 Linda Smarzik, Karina Hernandez, and Pam Fant-Saez hosted a session titled, Harnessing Competency-Based Microcredentials to Empower Learners with Digital
Texas Digital Learning Week 2024
Name of Event: Texas Digital Learning Week 2024 – Empowering Texans Through Digital Information Literacy Presentation: Transforming Learners with Digital Fluency Microcredentials Presented by: Linda Smarzik Panel: Empowering
The CB Digital Learning Summit
September 12, 2023Name of Event: Closing panel of the 2023 Digital Learning SummitPresented by: Linda Smarzik The closing panel of the 2023 Digital Learning Summit
SACSCOC Annual Meeting
Linda Smarzik, Karina Hernandez, and Pam Fant-Saez presented at the 2022 SACSCOC Annual Meeting. The meeting was held December 3-6 at the Georgia World Congress
Pathways to digital skills development for Latino workers
Linda Smarzik and Pam Fant-Saez represented ACC’s Digital Fluency and Innovation division in a webinar hosted by the Aspen Institute Latinos and Society Program and
Austin Community College General Assembly
ACC’s Quality Enhancement Plan, Digital Fluency and Innovation, was announced as one of the Chancellor’s priorities at the 2022 General Assembly. More than 1,400 administrators,