{"id":17063,"date":"2025-07-01T08:27:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/?p=17063"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:40:36","slug":"april-2025-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/april-2025-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2025 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17063\" class=\"elementor elementor-17063\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-745cc361 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"745cc361\" 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-2fbc5d86 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fbc5d86\" 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-4c01b842 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c01b842\" 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-2ad77646 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ad77646\" 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\">This month&#8217;s outreach efforts included the production of a new Digital Fluency animation micro-credential video by ACC GROW student Kara Buckner. Linda Smarzik, Ann Kennedy, and Ann Pamela Saez filmed student testimonials for marketing purposes, and Linda provided a testimonial on the benefits of collaborating with Kara Buckner. Meetings were held with Chandra Vanajakshi, Kevin Clark, and Paula Luera to discuss becoming Digital Navigators, and with Andrea Kehoe to explore integrating AI micro-credentials into the AAIA Summer School Program. Karina Hernandez successfully submitted an AI proposal for a three-day summer institute workshop. Additionally, discussions with Jenna Cullinane Hege and Connie Wall focused on the current landscape of micro-credentials at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The migration of micro-credentials from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra continued, along with ongoing development of the Systems Thinking and Project Management micro-credentials. Data highlights include 141 digital badges awarded to students who completed Spring #1 micro-credentials.<\/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-3b0611a6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b0611a6\" 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-6fff17e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6fff17e0\" 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-473baaeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"473baaeb\" 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\">A new <\/span><b>Digital Fluency animation micro-credential video<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was produced by ACC GROW student <\/span><b>Kara Buckner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik, Ann Kennedy, and Ann Pamela Saez filmed <\/span><b>three student testimonials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> highlighting their experiences with Digital Fluency, to be used in upcoming marketing efforts.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik provided a <\/span><b>testimonial on the benefits of collaborating with GROW student<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Kara Buckner, spotlighting their valuable contributions to real-world projects.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez met with <\/span><b>Chandra Vanajakshi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Kevin Clark<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><b>Paula Luera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to discuss opportunities for becoming <\/span><b>Digital Navigators<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez met with <\/span><b>Andrea Kehoe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to explore integrating AI micro-credentials into the <\/span><b>AAIA Summer School Program<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Karina Hernandez submitted an <\/span><b>AI proposal to the AAIA Summer School Program<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> which was later accepted for a three-day summer institute workshop.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez met with <\/span><b>Jenna Cullinane Hege<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>Connie Wall<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to discuss the current landscape of micro-credentials at the <\/span><b>Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/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><\/ul><p><b>Data<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">141 digital badges were awarded to students who completed Spring #1 micro-credentials<\/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-7bd8cfc9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7bd8cfc9\" 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-55ce7417 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55ce7417\" 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 Meetings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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Linda Smarzik, Ann Kennedy, and Ann Pamela Saez filmed student testimonials for marketing purposes, and Linda provided a testimonial on the benefits of collaborating with Kara Buckner. Meetings were held with Chandra Vanajakshi, Kevin Clark, and Paula Luera to discuss becoming Digital Navigators, and with Andrea Kehoe to explore integrating AI micro-credentials into the AAIA Summer School Program. Karina Hernandez successfully submitted an AI proposal for a three-day summer institute workshop. Additionally, discussions with Jenna Cullinane Hege and Connie Wall focused on the current landscape of micro-credentials at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.<\/p>\n<p>The migration of micro-credentials from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra continued, along with ongoing development of the Systems Thinking and Project Management micro-credentials. 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