DELTA Grants

Aug 13, 2016

Transforming Education

College students are certain to have times during their academic careers when they need instant feedback on homework, assistance grasping concepts, or a few more hours of practice to decipher laboratory results. Four of the 2015-2016 DELTA Grants projects worked to provide solutions for students who want to help themselves. DELTA teams created applications and… 

Aug 13, 2016

Exploring VR

It’s hard to explain something you have to see to believe. Nevertheless, DELTA has teamed up with NCSU Libraries and other partners to spread the word about the incredible capabilities and uses of virtual reality (VR) in education. DELTA began working with VR nearly three years ago. Realizing its importance and potential in the educational realm, the… 

Aug 8, 2016

Recipients for 2016-2017 DELTA Grants Released

DELTA is pleased to announce the awarding of more than $287,000 in new and continuing DELTA Grants to 29 recipients across 10 academic colleges and divisions, and the continuation of four Critical Path Course Redesign Grants as well as the continuation of three Faculty Fellows Grants. 

May 9, 2016

DELTA Grant Leads to Student Presentations at Symposium

Three posters at the symposium highlighted scholarship of teaching and learning projects funded by a DELTA Exploratory Grant. 

Apr 14, 2016

DELTA Grants Make VR a Reality

The use of virtual reality (VR) has skyrocketed in the past few years and is making its mark on higher education in a significant way. NC State faculty are leading the way in using virtual reality in a wide spectrum of contexts across campus. DELTA has used VR to develop an interactive training for food safety… 

Apr 13, 2016

DELTA Staff Put Math Professors at Ease

As Director of Instructional Innovation Services David Howard, Instructional Designer Yan Shen and AVP for Distance and Distributed Education Rebecca Swanson spoke with an audience of math professors Tuesday March 1, they were met with reservations about how to incorporate distance education and learning technologies into mathematics courses. To ease these curious minds, Shen discussed… 

Mar 30, 2016

Creative Course Redesigns Benefit Students

Faculty members continually seek ways to solve instructional challenges and increase the effectiveness of course activities. But it’s difficult to find creative solutions without adequate time and resources. Faculty also face the urgent need to improve passing rates for classes with a high number of D and F grades and high withdrawals or DFW rates.… 

Mar 10, 2016

2016-2017 DELTA Grants Proposal Submissions Accepted March 28-May 6

Are you a faculty member who has a great idea to engage your students with no 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? The annual DELTA Grants program may just what you are looking for. DELTA Grants is… 

Mar 8, 2016

DELTA Faculty Fellow Dr. Ed Lindsay Says Game On: PRT 266

DELTA Faculty Fellow Dr. Edwin Lindsay has spent his fair share of time in classrooms at NC State. As a three-time NC State graduate, who earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences, a master’s in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management and an Ed.D. from the College of Education, this Faculty Fellow has dedicated a significant portion of his… 

Mar 1, 2016

S.M.A.R.T. Ways to Teach Using YouTube

I would like to tell you that every time I teach there are epiphanies all over the room, and that you can hear the angels sing, but that would be lying, so I won’t tell you that. But I will tell you that the closest I’ve ever come to experience such moments is when I…