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From “Dry Content” to “Plant Murder Mysteries”: How One DELTA Grant Reimagined Student Engagement

Instructional Innovation

The NC State Memorial Belltower, framed by fall leaves.

Oct 12, 2026

Fall 2026 DELTA Express Grants Recipients Announced

DELTA has awarded NC State faculty 14 Express Grants for spring 2026, including four Instructional Tools grants, six Course Mapping grants and four Course Accessibility grants.
Course Quality Program. Aspire Higher.

Oct 12, 2026

NC State Celebrates 100 Quality Matters-Certified Courses

DELTA (Digital Education and Learning Technology Applications) recently celebrated NC State’s 100th Quality Matters-certified course, recognizing the faculty and staff whose work has strengthened online and hybrid course design across the university. The milestone reflects a sustained commitment to helping students understand what they will learn, how they will demonstrate their knowledge and where to…
Digital rendering of The Corner on Centennial Campus

Oct 5, 2026

A Living Lab at The Corner Brings Digital Twins Into the Classroom

Through a DELTA Exploratory Grant, Nathan Williams and a team of campus and community partners created a live digital twin that helps students build skills for the future of parks, recreation, tourism and event management.
Belltower

Aug 6, 2026

NC State Online Launches Strategic Marketing Support Partnership to Accelerate Program Growth

Exceptional online programs deserve exceptional visibility. To help more learners discover the high-quality educational opportunities available through NC State Online, DELTA is launching the NC State Online Strategic Marketing Support Partnership, a new initiative that provides selected online programs with strategic marketing and communications support designed to increase visibility, strengthen program brands and support enrollment…
Perusall

Aug 5, 2026

When Does Collaborative Annotation Work?

Written by Assistant Professor Sudha Sankar. One tool. Two very different results. In 2025, I set out to increase student engagement with reading materials in my classes.  With the support of a DELTA Express Grant, I adopted Perusall in two graduate distance education courses. Perusall is a collaborative annotation platform that offers an interactive experience…
A DELTA Grants team member works with NC State faculty members.

Aug 5, 2026

Congratulations to the 2026-2027 DELTA Grants Recipients

DELTA has selected 51 NC State faculty members for 43 grants during the 2026-27 academic year. The recipients represent 11 colleges and units across the university. Through year-long partnerships with DELTA, recipients will receive financial resources and work with teams in instructional design, media production, application development and other areas aligned with each project. Their…
DELTA staff work with instructors in a workshop.

Aug 5, 2026

How DELTA Supports NC State Instructors

Where should an instructor turn for help with Canvas, accessibility, course design, testing or instructional technology? DELTA brings those services together, giving NC State faculty several paths to strengthen teaching and support student learning. Through DELTA, faculty, staff and graduate teaching assistants have access to technical assistance, instructional consultations, workshops, teaching resources, grants, media production,…
Participants use immersive technology.

Jun 12, 2026

XR Showcase Highlights Immersive Learning in Action 

The first-ever XR Showcase took place April 8, 2026, at D.H. Hill Jr. Library in the Faculty Research Commons. The XR Showcase highlighted how faculty across campus are transforming the classroom through extended reality (XR) technology — giving faculty and staff a space to explore innovative XR projects and connect outside of their daily work. …
Image of the virtual tour of Winston 131 — one of seven DELTA classrooms at NC State University.

Jun 4, 2026

DELTA Collaboration Expands Classroom Accessibility for Deaf* and Hard-of-Hearing Students

Note: *The term “Deaf” is used as an inclusive term to include Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind and DeafDisabled (D/HH/DB) individuals. When students walked into a Winston Hall classroom for their evening English seminar this spring, they immediately noticed something different. Screens lined the walls. Cameras and microphones sat overhead. Furniture had been carefully arranged…
Director of undergraduate programs in NC State’s Department of Horticulture Science, Jodi Driedger, films a segment for the video introduction of "The Peculiar Case of the Perishing Petunias".

May 3, 2026

From “Dry Content” to “Plant Murder Mysteries”: How One DELTA Grant Reimagined Student Engagement

When Jodi Driedger, director of undergraduate programs in NC State’s Department of Horticulture Science, approached the DELTA Grants team, she had a clear problem with no simple solution.​ Students in HS 201 (The World of Horticulture: Principles and Practices) struggled to engage with the material on plant nutrition. It was dense, visual and technical –…