{"id":17037,"date":"2025-06-30T11:24:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/?p=17037"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:34:53","slug":"february-2025-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/february-2025-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2025 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17037\" class=\"elementor elementor-17037\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e847c27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e847c27\" 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-1c9a82b0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c9a82b0\" 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-66b92116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66b92116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\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>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f888574 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f888574\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\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 micro-credentials 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 micro-credentials. 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 micro-credential framework.<\/p>\n<p>On the micro-credentials front, migration from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra continued, alongside development on the Systems Thinking and the newly begun Project Management micro-credentials. 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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d9a0448 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d9a0448\" 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-721c3ae4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"721c3ae4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\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>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12ba1496 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12ba1496\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\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\">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>\n<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 micro-credentials through their platform.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik participated in the Digital Badging Subcommittee.<\/span><\/li>\n<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>\n<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>\n<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 micro-credentials.<\/span><\/li>\n<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>\n<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>\n<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>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Micro-Credentials\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The migration of the micro-credentials from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra continued this month.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development continued on the Systems Thinking micro-credential.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development began on the Project Management micro-credential.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spring Session #1 began on February 3rd<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paid model pilot was launched in collaboration with Austin Non-Profit<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Data<\/b><\/p>\n<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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a3c2255 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a3c2255\" 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-2a764d9f elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a764d9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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The Spring Session #1 commenced on February 3rd, and a paid model pilot was launched in collaboration with Austin Non-Profit. 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