Author: Sherry Stallings

Aug 28, 2015

NC State presents at Va. Tech’s first Teaching Large Classes Conference

contributed by Emily Ligon On July 23, Virginia Tech’s CIDER program held its first annual Teaching Large Classes Conference. The conference focused on challenges faced by instructors teaching in a classroom where it is difficult to interact one on one with students. As a result, the class sizes discussed ranged from 50 to 1,000. Faculty… 

Aug 12, 2015

DELTA Celebrates 15 Years

DELTA, NC State’s division for Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications, marked its 15th anniversary Aug. 12 with a celebration in the Hunt Library. “DELTA is a key innovator and facilitator at NC State—its impact on campus has been enormous and wide-ranging,” said Provost Warwick Arden. “Distance education course-delivery options and trends have changed dramatically in the… 

Aug 4, 2015

Register for DELTA 2015 Fall Workshops(Archive)

Attain effective teaching with technology skills, expand your Learning Management System (LMS) knowledge, explore the benefits of synchronous learning and lecture capture tools, and learn strategies for teaching large, online classes. Registration is open for all NC State faculty, graduate students and staff beginning August 5. Workshops begin August 31. Topics include: Collaborate, Moodle, and My… 

Jun 12, 2015

DELTA’s Summer Shorts in Instructional Technologies offers three tracks

Interested in developing your teaching with technology skills? Join DELTA for this year’s Summer Shorts in Instructional Technologies! This year’s program offers three tracks, or themes: advanced Moodle topics, teaching with video, and innovative instruction. At Summer Shorts, you’ll find opportunities to learn more about NC State’s learning technologies and explore best practices for teaching with… 

May 29, 2015

Trot to Trophy: Developing an Educational Game to Teach Horse Care

While learning shouldn’t be all horseplay, who says we shouldn’t play games to learn about horses? With educational games in higher education on the rise, DELTA’s Instructional Innovation Services teamed up with Dr. Shannon Pratt-Phillips, associate professor of equine nutrition and physiology, to create a horse game. The opportunity was the perfect union of DELTA’s… 

May 5, 2015

DELTA collaborates on Award-Winning Food Safety Educational Materials

Assistant Professor of Food Science Clint Stevenson was awarded a 2015 Gertrude Cox Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching and Learning with Technology April 14 for the “Howling Cow Case Study.” The award was created to honor the creative pedagogy of NC State’s faculty and technical staff and their work in integrating new technologies into effective… 

Apr 22, 2015

DELTA Video Communications Garners Awards from MCA-I Media Festival

Although earning praise for their work is nothing new for the DELTA Video Communication Services team, John Gordon has secured the first-ever Golden Reel award from Media Communications Association – International (MCA-I) Media Festival. Gordon, broadcast & emerging media manager, received MCA-I’s highest honor in the editing category for the work he and his crew… 

Apr 16, 2015

Gordon and Webster receive DELTA’s 2015 Awards for Excellence Nomination

  Two DELTA staff members were honored recently as 2015 Awards of Excellence nominees, which honors outstanding individual achievements and contributions to the NC State mission. John Gordon and Jeff Webster were honored during an awards ceremony, along with 12 other nominees from the units reporting to the Office of the Provost. Dr. Warwick A. Arden… 

Apr 3, 2015

Submit DELTA Grants Proposals by May 15(Archive)

Looking for funding to develop or improve a course with the latest technologies or research-based best practices? The time for faculty and staff to propose ideas for learning without limits is approaching. Proposal submissions for the 2015-2016 DELTA Grants program begin April 7 and end May 15. DELTA Grants is a competitive awards program for NC State faculty… 

Apr 1, 2015

Rethinking Critical Path Course English 101

What motives drive faculty to reconfigure the way a large course is designed? For Dr. Susan Miller-Cochran, director of the First-Year Writing program, taking the leap to offer English 101 online was brought about by the strong desire to make the classes more inclusive and accessible. English 101 has a firm attendance policy, which can…