course design

Aug 21, 2018

DELTA Announces 2018-2019 Grant Recipients

DELTA awarded more than $240,000 in new and continuing DELTA Grants to 29 recipients across the university including eight academic colleges and the Division of Academic and Student Affairs. DELTA Grants apply innovative pedagogy, instructional technology and course design to solve instructional challenges.

Mar 26, 2018

New DELTA Grant to Quickly Produce Online Courses

Do you need to create an online course but have limited time and are not exactly sure where to start? Looking for a step-by-step process to quickly and effectively produce an online course? Learn more about the new Rapid Design Course Grant.

Behind the scenes of the production of Organic Chemistry VR labs.

Mar 20, 2018

DELTA Grants Help Faculty Transform Outcomes

Are you a faculty member who has a great idea to engage your students, but lack assistance to get it done? Or are you seeking funding to develop or improve a course with the latest technologies or research-based best practices? Here are five quick facts about NC State DELTA Grants.

NC State graduate student in architecture Hao Lin experiences a landscape design in virtual reality using HTC Vive.

Mar 14, 2018

DELTA Grant Update: Continuing to Incorporate VR into LAR

Since the completion of DELTA Exploratory Grant work in 2016, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Kofi Boone has successfully incorporated virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) technology into his landscape architecture courses.

Photo of OCIP group l-r Tracy Appling, Paul Mulvey, Amanda Edwards and Cheryl Block.

Mar 2, 2018

OCIP Creates Culture of Quality Assurance

The Online Course Improvement Program (OCIP) pilot began in January 2018 to help a group of dedicated faculty members restructure their online courses to meet the nationally recognized standards of Quality Matters. The group will have the first online courses certified for quality at NC State.

Feb 6, 2018

DELTA Grants Group Consultation Sign-Ups are Available

DELTA is seeking collaborative partners from diverse disciplines to submit grant proposals for the 2018–2019 DELTA Grants cycle. For faculty and staff who are considering submitting a proposal, sign-ups for group consultations and information sessions are open.

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.

Screenshot of the Canine GI tract overview from the web tool created for ANS 590

Sep 20, 2017

A Work in Progress: Animal Nutrition for Companion Pets

DELTA worked with Teaching Assistant Professor Kimberly Ange-van Heugten on a Distance Education Course Grant to create a new course focused on animal nutrition for canines and felines. Students will use the various deliverables from DELTA to create a simulation of a specialized cat or dog food for their final project.

Aug 14, 2017

Registration Open for Block 1 Fall Workshops(Archive)

Are you teaching this fall and want to get started teaching with technology? Or learn more about other instructional tools? DELTA Workshops can help. All workshops are free to faculty, staff and graduate students.

Jun 16, 2017

Interest Groups Promote Cross-University Collaboration

DELTA supports a variety of interest groups with a focus on Mediasite, instructional design and virtual reality. These groups meet to discuss the goals and challenges of utilizing new technology in the classroom.