Author: Laura Caroline Oldham

Nov 9, 2016

EDUCAUSE 2016 Highlights from DELTA

Donna Petherbridge, Lou Harrison and Peter Watson represented DELTA at the EDUCAUSE conference in Anaheim, California, October 25-28, 2015. Keynote speakers Susan Cain, Sugata Mitra and Alex Sheen left each DELTA member with a lasting impression and something to think about. 

Aug 29, 2016

Zimmerman Receives National DLA Awards

DELTA AVP Kay Zimmerman attended the Distance Learning Administration Conference June 19-22 and received two awards. 

Jul 21, 2016

Moodle Makeover

Students and NC State faculty have seen a facelift in Moodle this summer 2016 courses. The revisions came after recognizing the need for consistency, accessibility and user-friendliness within the site. 

Jul 20, 2016

NC State Online Launches Social Media

NC State Online and Distance Education launched four social media channels July 18 on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. 

Jun 6, 2016

Four DELTA Staff Complete Pathways Leadership Development Program

Shawn Colvin, Emanuel Brunson, Jonathan Champ and Arthur Earnest graduated from Pathways Leadership Development Program 

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 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… 

Apr 13, 2016

March IIS Meeting Welcomes UNC Guests

DELTA’s Instructional Innovation Services Team hosted Instructional Technology Consultants and Information Technology Services Liaisons Bob Henshaw and Aiya Williams from UNC Chapel Hill March 3. The IIS Team and UNC staff members discussed various educational projects and advancements occurring at NC State and UNC. After a round of introductions, DELTA’s David Tredwell, multimedia specialist, and Yan Shen,… 

Apr 13, 2016

ACM SIGGRAPH Recognizes Lou Harrison

Director of Educational Technology Services, Lou Harrison was recently featured in a Member Profile on the Association of Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (ACM SIGGRAPH) website. ACM SIGGRAPH is an international nonprofit membership organization for individuals interested in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Harrison has been involved with ACM SIGGRAPH… 

Apr 13, 2016

DELTA Staff Put Math Professors at Ease

As Director of Instructional Innovation Services David Howard, Instructional Designer Yan Shen and AVP for Distance and Distributed Education Rebecca Swanson spoke with an audience of math professors Tuesday March 1, they were met with reservations about how to incorporate distance education and learning technologies into mathematics courses. To ease these curious minds, Shen discussed…