student success

Oct 23, 2024

DELTA Honored with 2024 Quality Matters “Making a Difference for Students” Award

The NC State DELTA Course Quality team was honored with the 2024 Quality Matters (QM) “Making a Difference for Students” Outstanding Impact by a Higher Education Organization award in recognition of outstanding efforts in service of quality assurance practices in online courses. 

Oct 23, 2024

Dialogues in Digital Learning: Tips and Strategies from DELTA Faculty Fellows

DELTA Faculty Fellows recently offered an interactive workshop to share tips for incorporating multimodal and scaleable educational technologies into course design. These technologies should be part of every instructor’s toolkit! 

Oct 23, 2024

Ungrading: Empowering Student Success through Feedback and Reflection

Ungrading is a movement to decenter the role of grades in formal learning environments in favor of qualitative instructor feedback and student self-reflection. With support from a DELTA Exploratory Grant, NC State instructor Lisa Falk implemented a variety of Moodle tools in her courses to foster ungrading success. 

Sep 20, 2024

24 Years of Digital Innovation: How DELTA Supports NC State Faculty

At the vanguard of digital higher education opportunities, NC State DELTA leads the way in fostering extraordinary digital learning experiences. Rediscover our pillar programs to support instructor innovation and student success. 

Sep 20, 2024

Collaborative Research Highlights Value of Inclusive Course Design in Fostering Student Success

Initial findings of new research conducted jointly by DELTA Research and the Office for Faculty Excellence suggest a strong correlation between inclusive teaching practices and positive outcomes for students including increased feelings of belonging, perceptions of instructor caring, overall course satisfaction and course performance. 

Aug 21, 2024

DELTA’s Course Quality Program Fosters Excellence in Online Learning

DELTA’s Course Quality (CQ) Program delivers on our commitment to student success by providing NC State instructors with a comprehensive menu of services, resources and research to ensure the quality of their online and hybrid courses. 

Aug 21, 2024

New NC State Accessibility Collaborative Aims to Foster Campus Inclusivity

DELTA’s Accessibility Team is delighted to announce the establishment of the NC State Accessibility Collaborative (NCStAC) this fall. Created in partnership with several campus units, the group hopes to facilitate collaborative allyship and engagement with accessibility topics as part of a university-wide commitment to removing barriers to inclusion. 

Apr 25, 2024

Introducing Moodle 4.3

Learn about the new features and how they can help you plan and organize your course content to foster student engagement and success! This version of Moodle contains many improvements featuring everything from enhanced grading experiences to bulk editing. 

Apr 25, 2024

Meet DELTA Faculty Fellow Wendy Krause

Using innovative educational technology tools and support from DELTA, Associate Professor and Faculty Fellow Wendy Krause discovered new ways to engage and assess her students while fostering a greater sense of belonging for students in her classes. 

Mar 27, 2024

DELTA Offers New Hybrid Learning Grant

DELTA will offer a Hybrid Learning Grant in the 2024-2025 grant cycle for instructors who want to use both online and in-person methods to support active learning. Learn about how this new grant was developed and the experiences of instructors who have worked with DELTA to "flip" their courses to Hybrid Learning.