2016

May 21, 2016

Taming the Large Class Beast

How to Use Technology as a Means to Reach Students Individually — or Fake it Successfully
Large class instructors, I am one of you, and I feel your pain. 

May 17, 2016

East Coast Games Conference VR Village 2016

Educators, researchers and design teams continue to look for innovative solutions to better support lab-based and field-based instruction in online learning environments. The emergence of interactive 360º video capture and virtual reality technologies (i.e. Google Cardboard) have provided new approaches for delivering instruction. 

May 9, 2016

DELTA Grant Leads to Student Presentations at Symposium

Three posters at the symposium highlighted scholarship of teaching and learning projects funded by a DELTA Exploratory Grant. 

Apr 29, 2016

WolfWare News: March/April 2016

As part of DELTA’s ongoing efforts to keep you informed, here’s the latest WolfWare News to help you make the most effective use of Moodle and other WolfWare tools in your courses. Moodle Upgrade Our annual upgrade is complete and Moodle 3.0 is available for you to begin preparing Summer and Fall courses. [The Moodle… 

Apr 29, 2016

DELTA Testing Services Receives NCTA Test Center Certification

DELTA Testing Services has been a member of the National College Testing Association (NCTA) for four years. 

Apr 27, 2016

Mediasite Administrator Update, May 2016(Archive)

As part of an ongoing effort to keep Mediasite administrators on campus informed, we created this DELTAwire article specifically for you! For help with any Mediasite questions, please contact us at mediasite-help@ncsu.edu. This article includes information on the following topics: Mediasite Software Upgrades Mediasite Server Maintenance Record Your Lectures in Summer 2016: Sign Up Began April 12 Unable… 

Apr 22, 2016

Telling Ain’t Training: DELTA Instructional Technology Training Team Recaps Recent Conference

by Yiling Chappelow, Suzanne Edmonds and Allie Giro From March 6 through 8 in Atlanta, Georgia, the ISS Instructional Technology Training Team attended the ATD (Association for Talent Development) event “Telling Ain’t Training.” Based on the popular, best-selling book of the same name, “Telling Ain’t Training” was led by Harold Stolovitch, Ph.D., CPT author and Emeritus… 

Apr 14, 2016

DELTA Grants Make VR a Reality

The use of virtual reality (VR) has skyrocketed in the past few years and is making its mark on higher education in a significant way. NC State faculty are leading the way in using virtual reality in a wide spectrum of contexts across campus. DELTA has used VR to develop an interactive training for food safety… 

Apr 13, 2016

Learning with Moodle: A student’s guide to using Moodle

We are excited to announce the launch of the newly redesigned Learning with Moodle site! Key features of the site include a cleaner and more attractive design, updated content and a more engaging learning experience for students. Learning with Moodle was developed for students as a resource and guide to using Moodle. In the site… 

Apr 13, 2016

Katie Bean Wins Provost’s Unit Award for Excellence

Congratulations are in order for DELTA’s Marketing and Partnership Development Program Manager Katie Bean who received the Provost’s Unit Award for Excellence on March 31 as part of the NC State Awards for Excellence. The awards program recognizes individuals whose contributions surpass their normal job responsibilities. Bean was one of four to receive the prestigious award…