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Ungrading: Empowering Student Success through Feedback and Reflection

Ungrading is a movement to decenter the role of grades in formal learning environments in favor of qualitative instructor feedback and student self-reflection. With support from a DELTA Exploratory Grant, NC State instructor Lisa Falk implemented a variety of Moodle tools in her courses to foster ungrading success.

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Yellowdig: Turning Isolation into Community in Asynchronous Classes

DELTA Faculty Fellow Julianne Treme shares her experience with the online discussion platform Yellowdig. Student engagement drastically increased when she incorporated this tool into her course content because it operates more like the social media platforms that students enjoy. 
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Dialogues in Digital Learning: Tips and Strategies from DELTA Faculty Fellows

DELTA Faculty Fellows recently offered an interactive workshop to share tips for incorporating multimodal and scaleable educational technologies into course design. These technologies should be part of every instructor’s toolkit! 

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Inside DELTA: 5 Questions with Andrew Wiedner

DELTA Multimedia Specialist Andrew Wiedner flexes his design and illustrative muscles to help tell DELTA’s story through interactive, media-focused web applications. 
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DELTA Honored with 2024 Quality Matters “Making a Difference for Students” Award

The NC State DELTA Course Quality team was honored with the 2024 Quality Matters (QM) “Making a Difference for Students” Outstanding Impact by a Higher Education Organization award in recognition of outstanding efforts in service of quality assurance practices in online courses. 
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DELTA Vice Provost Donna Petherbridge Elected to EDUCAUSE Board of Directors

Vice Provost for Digital Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA) Donna Petherbridge has been appointed to the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors for a four-year term effective October 1.  

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