{"id":18658,"date":"2025-11-06T08:46:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/?p=18658"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:55:58","slug":"july-2025-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/july-2025-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2025 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18658\" class=\"elementor elementor-18658\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-646233a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"646233a9\" 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-7fe56a2b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7fe56a2b\" 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-28a3b639 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28a3b639\" 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-73d88d53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73d88d53\" 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\">During July, DFI outreach efforts included ordering branded merchandise for events, publishing the Summer edition of the DFI Newsletter, and submitting an NCWE Exemplary Award application for the Digital Fluency program. Linda Smarzik presented the program to Texas A&amp;M Corpus Christi in collaboration with Distance Learning and the ACCelerator, met with Kara Buckner to continue developing a DFI marketing video, and worked with Community and Public Affairs on the rollout of micro-credential offerings. Additionally, two new micro-credentials\u2014<\/span><b>Systems Thinking<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>Project Management<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014were added to Suitable for badging, and the DFI Data Dashboard was updated with data from the Spring 2025 sessions.<\/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-58eddf32 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"58eddf32\" 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-13e1b0c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13e1b0c6\" 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-716ed705 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"716ed705\" 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\">Raquel <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Racusin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ordered DFI-branded merchandise for use in events.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The DFI Newsletter, Summer edition, was created and sent out.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Smarzik<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> applied for an NCWE Exemplary Award for the Digital Fluency program.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik presented the DFI program to Texas A&amp;M Corpus Christi in collaboration with Distance Learning and the ACCelerator.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik met with Kara Buckner for ongoing collaboration to build a DFI marketing video.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik worked with Community and Public Affairs on the rollout of micro-credential offerings.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Micro-Credentials\u00a0<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Systems Thinking and Project Management were added to Suitable for badging purposes<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Data<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DFI Data Dashboard was updated with new data from Spring 2025 sessions.<\/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-5d754fd5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d754fd5\" 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-448ab054 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"448ab054\" 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 elementor-element-59b41419 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59b41419\" 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>Add meeting date and link to Google Drive<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30817304 elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"30817304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/june-2025-qep-update\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-prev\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-left\" 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Linda Smarzik presented the program to Texas A&amp;M Corpus Christi in collaboration with Distance Learning and the ACCelerator, met with Kara Buckner to continue developing a DFI marketing video, and worked with Community and Public Affairs on the rollout of micro-credential offerings. Additionally, two new micro-credentials\u2014Systems Thinking and Project Management\u2014were added to Suitable for badging, and the DFI Data Dashboard was updated with data from the Spring 2025 sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3951,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qep-monthly-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3951"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19532,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18658\/revisions\/19532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}