{"id":17051,"date":"2025-06-30T11:43:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/?p=17051"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:37:47","slug":"march-2025-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/march-2025-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2025 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17051\" class=\"elementor elementor-17051\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b2d4f60 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b2d4f60\" 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-5be01841 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5be01841\" 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-285bd126 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"285bd126\" 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-1cb97fa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cb97fa7\" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In March, Linda Smarzik participated in several outreach activities, including working with the Career and Life Design Center Committee and discussing the impact of Microsoft 360 License changes on Digital Fluency. She met with Lisa Maria Coppoletta to talk about the Digital Navigator initiative and attended the monthly Badging Committee meeting. Linda explored potential partnerships with Barry Silverberg and discussed the benefits of becoming a Digital Navigator with Saeed Sallemikia. She also presented updates from the AI Advisory Committee and continued discussions with Kathy Dowdy about registration processes for Adult Education.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The migration from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra progressed, along with ongoing development of the Systems Thinking and Project Management micro-credentials. Spring Session #2 commenced on March 31st. Data highlights include 245 students enrolling through the opt-in process for the second spring semester.<\/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-4aab23d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4aab23d7\" 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-1e7d0bbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e7d0bbb\" 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-1e1bca59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e1bca59\" 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><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik continued active participation with the <\/span><b>Career and Life Design Center Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, including meetings and presentations.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The DFI team met with <\/span><b>Lara Niles, Jose Gonzalez, and Paul Langloi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s about how Digital Fluency is impacted by the Microsoft 360 License Change.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik met with <\/span><b>Lisa Maria Coppoletta<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, President of the Adjunct Faculty Association, to discuss presenting at their <\/span><b>Spring General Membership Meeting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the Digital Navigator initiative.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik participated in the monthly Badging Committee meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik met with <\/span><b>Barry Silverberg<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to further explore partnership opportunities.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez met with <\/span><b>Saeed Sallemikia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to discuss the role and benefits of becoming a <\/span><b>Digital Navigator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik presented to the <\/span><b>Computer Science and Information Technology Task Force<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, sharing updates and outcomes from the <\/span><b>AI Advisory Committee\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> review of the AI micro-credentials.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik, Karina Hernandez, and Nancy Hernandez reconnected with <\/span><b>Kathy Dowdy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to continue conversations around registration processes for Adult Education participants.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Micro-Credentials\u00a0<\/b><\/p><ul><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><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development continued on the Systems Thinking micro-credential.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development continued on the Project Management micro-credential.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spring Session #2 began on March 31<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Data<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">245 Opt-in students enrolled through the opt-in process for the second spring semester. <\/span><\/li><\/ul>\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-70eac39f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70eac39f\" 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-50216a2b elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50216a2b\" 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\">Implementation Committee 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She met with Lisa Maria Coppoletta to talk about the Digital Navigator initiative and attended the monthly Badging Committee meeting. Linda explored potential partnerships with Barry Silverberg and discussed the benefits of becoming a Digital Navigator with Saeed Sallemikia. She also presented updates from the AI Advisory Committee and continued discussions with Kathy Dowdy about registration processes for Adult Education.<br \/>\nThe migration from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra progressed, along with ongoing development of the Systems Thinking and Project Management micro-credentials. Spring Session #2 commenced on March 31st. 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