Monthly Summary
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!
The 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.
Outside interest in ACC’s 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.
Highlights
Outreach
- May 1 – All Day strategy meeting for next steps concerning vision.
- May 2 – Met with Military Families to test the registration process.
- May 6 – Met with Susan Warner-Sanchez to discuss processes.
- May 6 – Follow up on Strategy meeting.
- May 13 – Met with Cynthis Labrake and Karen Browning from UT Austin to discuss possibilities of partnering on microcredentials.
- May 14 – Met with Gabriela Rodriguez and Lucita Rodrigues with Foundation Communities to discuss offering microcredentials to their staff and clients.
- May 22 – DFI team met offsite to strategize 24/25 outreach campaign.
- May 22 – Information Session for Military Families.
- 20 additional Start Strong/Stay Strong posters were ordered for posting on the HLC campus
Microcredentials
- Substantial updates started on the Spreadsheets microcredential including diversifying the learning activities, improving the student experience, and redoing many assignments and the capstone.
- Interactive Media was loaded into Brightspace Leap with testing is process.
- Development of Advanced PowerPoint began.
Data
- Enrollment in the combined co-curricular and opt-in sections (since inception) is 2204 learners. Co-curricular (in the classroom) has an unduplicated headcount of 650 enrollments 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.
- Data continues to be gathered and documented in multiple areas such as 1) milestones;
2) deliverables; 3) microcredential performance indicators; and 4) student learning outcomes. - 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.