{"id":18674,"date":"2025-11-06T13:38:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/?p=18674"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:53:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:53:58","slug":"october-2025-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/october-2025-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2025 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18674\" class=\"elementor elementor-18674\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b460031 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b460031\" 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-4f56239d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f56239d\" 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-4afbe983 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4afbe983\" 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-5079540c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5079540c\" 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 October, the DFI team hosted an Appreciation Luncheon at the Highland campus to recognize digital navigators and key contributors, issued <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The First Three Years<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> newsletter, and continued outreach through four info sessions offered in Spanish to Avance to College classes in South Austin and Northridge campuses. Most notably, the development of the Social Media micro-credential was completed, marking all 16 micro-credentials as available, with 222 students enrolled across 18 sections in the Fall #2 session.<\/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-405c5d75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"405c5d75\" 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-24f0527d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24f0527d\" 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-601a020d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"601a020d\" 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\">DFI Appreciation Luncheon was held at the Highland campus on October 17 to honor digital navigators and others who have been crucial contributors to the success of the DFI program.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DFI Micro-credentials &#8211; The First Three Years newsletter was issued.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik met with the Accelerated Learning Services team to discuss collaboration.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Raquel presented four information sessions in Spanish to Avance to College students at both South Austin and Northridge campuses<\/span><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\">Social Media micro-credential development finished, with launch planned for Fall #2 session. All 16 micro-credentials have now been developed and are available for students, faculty, and staff to take.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Data<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">222 opt-in students registered for Fall #2 micro-credential session<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">16 opt-in and 2 co-curricular sections were offered in Fall #2 session<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f01f145 elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"2f01f145\" 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\/sept-2025-qep-update\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-prev\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Prev<\/span><\/span><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--title\">Sept. 2025 QEP Update<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__next elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/november-2025-qep-update\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__next\"><span class=\"post-navigation__next--title\">November 2025 QEP Update<\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-next\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In October, the DFI team hosted an Appreciation Luncheon at the Highland campus to recognize digital navigators and key contributors, issued The First Three Years newsletter, and continued outreach through four info sessions offered in Spanish to Avance to College classes in South Austin and Northridge campuses. 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