Author: Daniel Christopher Davis

Sep 28, 2022

Fall 2022 DELTA Express Grant Recipients Announced

DELTA has awarded a total of eight Express Grants stretching across five colleges. Grant types include six Instructional Tools Grants and two 3D Object Scan grants. 

Dec 13, 2021

Spring 2022 DELTA Express Grant Recipients Announced

DELTA has awarded a total of six Express Grants stretching across four colleges. Grant types include three Rapid Design Grants and three Instructional Tools Grants. These grants will provide course improvement solutions that will be completed in one semester. 

Aug 8, 2016

Recipients for 2016-2017 DELTA Grants Released

DELTA is pleased to announce the awarding of more than $287,000 in new and continuing DELTA Grants to 29 recipients across 10 academic colleges and divisions, and the continuation of four Critical Path Course Redesign Grants as well as the continuation of three Faculty Fellows Grants. 

Jul 15, 2016

10 Tips for Establishing a Strong Social Presence in Your Online Class

For students and instructors, taking (or teaching) an online course can feel like an isolated activity. 

Aug 17, 2015

DELTA Announces 19 New DELTA Grant Recipients for the 2015-2016 Academic Year

DELTA is pleased to announce the awarding of more than $303,000 in new DELTA Grants to 19 recipients across eight academic colleges and the continuation of 5 Critical Path Course Redesign Grants from prior years (this includes staff support for each project, providing expertise in instructional design and media creation). With our goals of enhancing… 

Jul 30, 2014

2014 – 2015 DELTA Grant Recipients Announced

DELTA is pleased to announce the awarding of more than $104,000 in new DELTA Grants to 13 recipients across eight academic colleges.  Please see below for the list of this year’s recipients: Recipient Department Proposal Elisabeth Marie Meyer / Helen Tyler Kraus Horticulture Science (CALS) HS 495 – Creation of a Gamified Online Plant Identification… 

Apr 21, 2014

DELTA Now Accepting Proposals for 2014 DELTA Grants!(Archive)

Have an innovative idea for course development or redesign? DELTA is now accepting proposals for this year’s DELTA Grants, a competitive awards program that provides funding and DELTA personnel support to NC State faculty and staff for the planning, design and development of distance education, blended learning, and traditional courses and projects Formerly the more narrowly-focused… 

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… 

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… 

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…