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Spring 2022 DELTA Express Grant Recipients Announced

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Feb 1, 2022

Metamorphosis Turns Into An Infestation

Extension Associate Terri Billeisen, Ph.D., provides updates on DELTA Grant work that created 3D interactive models of insects and how it has impacted student engagement and success. Also, it transformed her overall instructional mindset and made the transition to online teaching during the pandemic easier. 

Jan 31, 2022

The Secret to Successful Teaching

NC State'ss Hollylynne S. Lee shares pearls of wisdom on strategies for successful teaching and other topics. 

Jan 31, 2022

Sustainable Trash Talk

Associate Professors Kyle Bunds, Jonathan Casper and DELTA created Zero Waste Gameday: A Trash Sorting Game to teach future facility managers/sports marketing professionals about sustainability. Five VR videos were also produced including behind-the-scenes experiences at landfills and some featuring former sports announcer Jeff Gravley. 
This is an example of closed captioning taken from the Wicked Problems Wolfpack Solutions informational video. The NC State logo is featured in the the night sky above the image of Earth with closed captions at the bottom of the screen.

Jan 27, 2022

Closed Captioning: Not Just a Tool, a Legal Requirement

Save time while helping students succeed in your course by planning closed captioning for your class videos in advance. If one student is registered with the Disability Resource Office, an accuracy rate of 98% is mandated for closed captions. It’s not just a great idea, it’s the law! 
Associate Professor Katherine Saul shared this illustration of an example adaptive learning network connecting lesson topics in a module in MAE 206 Engineering Statics (thanks to Teaching Professor Anna Howard).

Jan 26, 2022

NC State and DELTA Lead Group of Four Universities in Adaptive Learning Project

NC State Associate Professor Katherine Saul, Ph.D. shares her experience fully integrating Adaptive Learning (AL) and RealizeIt into her Engineering Dynamics course. This type of course design resulted in students completing five times more problems which fostered deeper understanding of concepts and individualized assistance. 
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Jan 2, 2022

WolfWare News: Spring 2022

Check out our latest WolfWare News to learn more about the recent updates to our learning technologies to help you make the most effective use of WolfWare tools in your courses. 

Dec 16, 2021

UNC CAUSE 2021 — Virtual but Valuable

The NC State community was strongly represented at UNC-Cause 2021 virtual conference by hosting sessions and serving on discussion panels. 

Dec 14, 2021

DELTA Launches a New Accessibility Team

Four DELTA colleagues have come together to form DELTA’s new accessibility team. The team focuses on solving accessibility-related issues in learning technologies and courses at NC State. 
Students practice social distancing as they find spaces to study in the Talley Student Center during the fall 2020 semester. Photo by Becky Kirkland.

Dec 14, 2021

Faculty Fellows Series: Perspectives from a HyFlex Classroom

In this story series, DELTA Faculty Fellows will explore the ways that they have implemented HyFlex this semester across a variety of subjects. The third installment is written by Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science Lina Battestilli. 
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Dec 13, 2021

Spring 2022 DELTA Express Grant Recipients Announced

DELTA has awarded a total of six Express Grants stretching across four colleges. Grant types include three Rapid Design Grants and three Instructional Tools Grants. These grants will provide course improvement solutions that will be completed in one semester.