DELTA Front Page

Oct 31, 2017

Online and Distance Education Focuses on Quality, Student Success

With 95 programs and just under 20,000 students, NC State’s Online and Distance Education unit is continuing to grow and expand. Since its beginning under the leadership of Associate Vice Provost Rebecca Swanson, the unit has grown its services and offerings with a continued focus on quality and student success.

Oct 30, 2017

MoodleMoot 2017 Recap

Martin Dulberg, Lou Harrison, Scott Watkins and Jeff Webster had the opportunity to attend MoodleMoot (a Moodle conference) July 25-27, 2017, in New Orleans. The conference was held in conjunction with BbWorld17 this year.

Photo of Arthur Earnest, Betty Black and Hal Heatwole at Merchants Millpond for BIO 181.

Oct 27, 2017

Exploring Immersive Experiences in Biodiversity

After wrapping up three video shoots at different locations across North Carolina, DELTA’s project team shared their experiences as well as the future vision of immersive experience and story-based learning in 360° environments.

Oct 18, 2017

Meet Our Faculty Fellow Angie Smith

Teaching Associate Professor Angie Smith has taught online since completing her Ph.D. in Counselor Education in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development in NC State’s College of Education.

Bethanne Tobey portrait outside on Centennial Campus.

Oct 12, 2017

Inside DELTA: 5 Questions with Bethanne Tobey

A new Inside DELTA highlighting the life of DELTA staff in their day-to-day work routines and life outside of the workplace. Bethanne Tobey joined DELTA in 2013 as a lead instructional designer. Tobey enjoys volunteering with Helping Horse, being outside and keeping busy.

speaker at podium with projection screen behind them

Oct 5, 2017

Meet the First Recipients of the Laura Stephenson Video in Education Scholarship

Two Duquesne University students, Jacob Leya and David Rajaski, are the first to be awarded the Laura Stephenson Video in Education Scholarship. The scholarship was renamed to honor Stephenson, a longtime NC State employee and Mediasite advocate, who passed in October 2016.

Oct 2, 2017

2017 Pride of the Wolfpack Award Recipients

The Pride of the Wolfpack Award recognizes staff members who go above and beyond and make a special or unique contribution to their unit or university as a whole. Seven DELTA staff members were honored with the award with a framed certificate at the staff meeting September 22, 2017.

Sep 29, 2017

Finance and Business Office Supports DELTA and More

While housed in DELTA, the Finance and Business office has a hand in each unit of Academic Outreach and Entrepreneurship. This past year, the Finance and Business office modified staff job functions to better align duties within the team which included internal training to distribute responsibilities.

Sep 26, 2017

Five Tips from Quality Matters

The Instructional Technology Training Team in DELTA participated in an online training course delivered by Quality Matters (QM) on Applying the Quality Matters Rubric. Quality Matters is a nationally recognized program that assists in guiding faculty through the process of creating a high-quality online course.

Photo of Suzanne Edmonds in the CTI lobby.

Sep 21, 2017

Inside DELTA: 5 Questions with Suzanne Edmonds

A new Inside DELTA highlighting the life of DELTA staff in their day-to-day work routines and life outside of the workplace. Suzanne Edmonds is an instructional technologist and teacher at heart. She loves teaching workshops and visiting her favorite place, the mountains.