2013

Dec 19, 2013

Mediasite Administrators Update, January 2014

As part of an ongoing effort to keep Mediasite Administrators on campus informed, we created this DELTAwire article specifically for you! We have several important announcements regarding My Mediasite tools, server maintenance, media management and more, that we wanted to share with you. For help with any Mediasite questions, please contact us at mediasite-help@ncsu.edu. This… 

Dec 4, 2013

IDIG Lunch and Learn: Social Media Tools Demo

On Tuesday, November 26, IDIG (Instructional Design Interest Group) had its monthly Lunch and Learn Collaborate session. This month, Daniel Davis, Yan Shen, Dede Nelson and Erin Adair hosted a tools demo session titled “Social Media Tools Demo: Examples of In-class use.” The presentation started with a brief overview of social media in education. It… 

Dec 2, 2013

LMS Updates, Fall 2013

As part of our ongoing efforts to increase the usability and feature set of WolfWare, and improve performance and make the system more robust, DELTA recently made several updates to our campus learning management system (LMS) tools, specifically Moodle. Here is a summary of work performed during the fall 2013 semester. August 2013 Fixed margin… 

Nov 26, 2013

DELTA Spotlights Successful Use of Educational Games, Social Media and Mobile Learning

With so many social media platforms, so many mobile formats, and so many gaming options out there, where does an innovative online instructor begin? That was the central question addressed this month by a team of DELTA new media developers and instructional designers at a sold-out event hosted by the Research Triangle Area chapter of… 

Nov 6, 2013

IDIG Greet and Grow: Bringing Gamification to the Higher Ed Classroom

On Tuesday, October 22, the Instructional Design Interest Group (IDIG) had its regular Greet and Grow session where those interested in Instructional Design issues can network with others, compare experiences and share tips and tricks.  For this meeting Bethany Smith, Director of the Media & Education Technology Resource Center at NC State, hosted a discussion around… 

Nov 1, 2013

Mediasite Administrators Update, November 2013

As part of an ongoing effort to keep Mediasite Administrators on campus informed, we created this DELTAwire article specifically for you! We have several important announcements regarding Mediasite recorders, our NC State Mediasite User Group Meeting and much more, that we wanted to share with you. For help with any Mediasite questions, please contact us at mediasite-help@ncsu.edu.… 

Oct 24, 2013

DELTA Plays a Hand in ‘Preparing the Professoriate’

DELTA’s Instructional Support Services recently participated alongside representatives from the NC State Libraries and Office of Information Technology in a technology expo fair, presented by The Graduate School and hosted in Hunt Library. With the goal of providing Preparing the Professoriate (PTP) doctoral students an opportunity to experience technologies they may soon use in instructor roles,… 

Oct 22, 2013

Educause Conference: October 15-18, 2013

By Dr. Donna Petherbridge & Lou Harrison From October 14 – 18, 2013, we attended the Educause Conference in Anaheim, California.  In addition to our attendance at the conference, our DELTA colleagues participated via a virtual conference pass and took shared notes on the sessions attended to promote shared learning across our organization. Perhaps the… 

Oct 11, 2013

IDIG Lunch & Learn: Serious Games and Behavior Modification

On Tuesday, September 24, IDIG had its monthly Lunch and Learn Collaborate session. This month, Emily Ligon hosted a highly interactive session titled “Serious Games and Behavior Modification: What does it mean for education?” The presentation started with a brief video demonstrating the iOS running game, “Zombies, Run 2,” with an explanation of how the… 

Oct 10, 2013

Mediasite Update, October 2013(Archive)

As part of an ongoing effort to keep Mediasite Administrators on campus informed, we created this DELTAwire article specifically for you! We have several important announcements regarding our Mediasite servers, the new Mediasite Desktop Recorder and other changes in functionality we wanted to share with you. For help with any Mediasite questions, please contact us…