Simmons College of Kentucky, Inc.

Simmons College will develop and implement a 5-year strategic plan for the digital teaching and learning center and establish a center on campus where students and faculty will come to acquire hardware, mobile hotspots, training, in-person help with digital learning and technology, and remote access support. Simmons will prepare and launch a Digital Teaching and Learning Center landing page on its website.

Next, Simmons will enable students, regardless of their academic major, to earn Microsoft badges and demonstrate data analytics competency to prepare them for the world of work. Simmons will plan and provide faculty professional development courses and training to ensure distance learning faculty are proficient in using digital program technologies, applying standards, and developing a class community supportive environment. The college will establish a holistic student support services helpdesk for online and partially online students. 

In the community, Simmons will implement an outreach service programs whereby student interns can help the elderly access digital resources. The program will begin on a small scale with the Family Life Center. Simmons will also provide instructional design services to integrate computer skills and data analytics into all areas of its curriculum, and provide technology planning, guidance, and improved broadband support to the college, the Family Life Center, and the Louisville Central Community Center. Simmons will develop a computer information curriculum and applied data science program, and will provide digital training skills for its students, who can then provide tutoring at the two community center partners and in-home training visits.