Instructional Innovation

Feb 24, 2025

Master Project Management: Tools and Tips for Student Success

Empower students to take control of their task management skills to foster academic success. While Moodle offers instructors features for tracking progress like due dates and activity completion, this tip provides information about student-centered tools.

Feb 24, 2025

Boost Motivation with Universal Design for Learning Principles

Incorporating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines into your learning experiences promotes student engagement and motivation. Learn tips and tricks to streamline your course design process.

DELTA Faculty Fellow Christopher Crosbie

Feb 24, 2025

Meet Faculty Fellow Christopher Crosbie

Associate professor of English Chris Crosbie is using his Faculty Fellowship to foster community and conversation among students and scholars of Shakespeare.

The left side of this image is an actual photo while the right side is a virtual environment for interactive exploration.

Feb 24, 2025

DELTA Grants LAR 221 Project: An Invitation to Walk in the Park

Through collaboration with DELTA, two NC State instructors transformed their approach to teaching biophilic urban design. Their innovative project features a detailed virtual replica of the Kids Together Playground, allowing users to explore the park environment from both adult and toddler viewpoints.

Decorative photo of four people standing around several laptops

Feb 24, 2025

Navigating AI in Education with AI Literacy

For insights into NC State's potential path to AI leadership, consider Fyfe's thoughtful analysis. His position emphasizes AI literacy and underscores a crucial point: the advancement of artificial intelligence depends on human expertise rather than just technological development.

Jan 29, 2025

Register for NC State’s Conference on Faculty Excellence

Interested in collaborating with colleagues from all six members of the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges on innovative approaches to teaching and learning? Join us for a day-long event to learn more about mentoring, career mapping, critical thinking and more!

Wolf Plaza in the spring. Photo by Becky Kirkland.

Jan 27, 2025

Using AI to get a jumpstart on image descriptions

Verbally describing images can be challenging, whether it’s historical paintings, photographs of plants, or scientific charts, but providing captions, descriptions, and alt text increases access to learning for all students. If you’re struggling with where to start, consider using a tool like Google Gemini to describe an uploaded image in different ways using the chat…

Jan 27, 2025

Meet Faculty Fellow Paul Fyfe

Associate Professor of English Paul Fyfe is using his DELTA Faculty Fellowship to explore the ethical implications of incorporating AI tools in the classroom.

Jan 27, 2025

DELTA Grant Enhances Connectivity and Engagement in Agricultural Course

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs Wendy Warner teaches a course composed of students who are secondary school teachers. With full-time jobs and personal demands, she wanted to streamline her course content with the goal of increasing interactions and professional connections — to foster collaboration in the classroom and also beyond the classroom walls.…

Dec 19, 2024

AI Tools in the Classroom Offer Unprecedented Opportunities for Learning

DELTA researchers, instructional designers and multimedia specialists are at the forefront of helping NC State instructors implement generative AI tools in the classroom. Discover several grant projects and related research currently underway in this exciting space.