Distance Education

Aug 18, 2016

Online PRTSM Master’s Appeals to Working Professionals

The Professional Master of Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Sport Management (PRTSM) program led by Dr. Michael Kanters is just one of more than 40 master's programs offered online at NC State. 

Aug 13, 2016

Renaming DE

At the end of this fiscal year, NC State Distance Education was officially renamed as NC State Online and Distance Education. The new name provided the perfect opportunity to redesign the website in compliance with the university’s brand initiative. NC State University debuted its new brand in 2014. In 2015, Chancellor Randy Woodson issued a mandate that all university… 

Apr 29, 2016

DELTA Testing Services Receives NCTA Test Center Certification

DELTA Testing Services has been a member of the National College Testing Association (NCTA) for four years. 

Aug 12, 2015

DELTA Celebrates 15 Years

DELTA, NC State’s division for Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications, marked its 15th anniversary Aug. 12 with a celebration in the Hunt Library. “DELTA is a key innovator and facilitator at NC State—its impact on campus has been enormous and wide-ranging,” said Provost Warwick Arden. “Distance education course-delivery options and trends have changed dramatically in the… 

Feb 12, 2015

Take-Aways from the 2014 SACSCOC Annual Meeting

The 2014 SACSCOC Annual Meeting was held in Nashville, Tennessee, from December 6-9, 2014. Up to 4,500 attendees were from across the Southern Region and 1,100 of us were first-time attendees. Like other new attendees at the conference, I was learning about the national picture of higher education and issues specific to accreditation: reauthorization of… 

Jun 27, 2014

Blurring the Lines: Examining the Impact of the DE Tuition Change

When full-time, on-campus students registered for fall 2012 Distance Education (DE) courses, for the first time in more than a decade they didn’t wince at the additional cost. For them, the price tag for taking their class in a lecture hall or taking it online was exactly the same. As a result, the percentage of… 

May 1, 2014

What Have We Learned?: A Recap of “MOOCs and OOCs at NC State” Seminar

With staggeringly large enrollment numbers and millions of dollars invested thus far, the MOOCs (massive open online courses) movement in higher education has become impossible to ignore. The question for many institutions now is not “will we be involved?” but “how should we be involved?” That question led nearly 100 individuals from across NC State’s campus… 

Apr 21, 2014

DELTA Now Accepting Proposals for 2014 DELTA Grants!(Archive)

Have an innovative idea for course development or redesign? DELTA is now accepting proposals for this year’s DELTA Grants, a competitive awards program that provides funding and DELTA personnel support to NC State faculty and staff for the planning, design and development of distance education, blended learning, and traditional courses and projects Formerly the more narrowly-focused… 

Mar 24, 2014

DELTA Annual Report Now Available Online!

Want to learn more about what’s happening at DELTA? The DELTA Annual Report 2012-2013 is now available online! DELTA staff collaborated this year to create a full online report, developed as a responsive micro-site in HTML5 using the Bootstrap framework. Inside the Report DELTA’s wide range of services impacts a growing number of NC State faculty members, staff… 

Mar 26, 2013

IDIG Lunch & Learn: Putting Science Labs Online(Archive)

The Instructional Design Interest Group met for an online Lunch and Learn event on Tuesday, Mar. 26 at 12 noon until 1:00.  During the meeting, Lee Ann Gillen, Senior Instructional Designer from DELTA, discussed some of the challenges that instructors run into when putting their science courses online. Related Links Find out more about the Instructional…