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Jan 27, 2025

Meet Faculty Fellow Paul Fyfe

Associate Professor of English Paul Fyfe is using his DELTA Faculty Fellowship to explore the ethical implications of incorporating AI tools in the classroom. 

Jan 27, 2025

DELTA Grant Enhances Connectivity and Engagement in Agricultural Course

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs Wendy Warner teaches a course composed of students who are secondary school teachers. With full-time jobs and personal demands, she wanted to streamline her course content with the goal of increasing interactions and professional connections — to foster collaboration in the classroom and also beyond the classroom walls.… 

Dec 19, 2024

WolfWare News: Spring 2025

Important Dates New WolfWare Tool There’s a new tool available to you! Explore the resources below and reach out to DELTA’s LearnTech Help Desk with any questions (learntech@ncsu.edu). We are here to help.  WolfWare Resources Here is a curated collection of articles to get you up and running with WolfWare. Additional Resources On-Demand Resources: DELTA… 

Dec 19, 2024

New Interactive Polling Platform Fosters Real-time Collaboration

DELTA is excited to announce a new educational partnership with Wooclap, an NC State enterprise technology tool that will support instructors in fostering student participation and engagement in online, hybrid and in-person courses. 

Nov 21, 2024

DELTA Announces Spring 2025 Express Grant Recipients

DELTA is delighted to announce the 12 recipients of our Spring 2025 Express Grants in Course Accessibility, Instructional Tools and Course Mapping. These instructors will partner with DELTA’s Digital Learning team to address specific pedagogical challenges in semester-long course improvement projects. 

Nov 21, 2024

Spring into Digital Learning with DELTA’s 2025 Workshops

From integrating AI to fostering inclusion, DELTA workshops provide inspiration and best practices as the foundation for innovative course content creation. Assistant Director of Instructional Technology and Training Kerri Brown Parker provides insights on exciting workshops you won’t want to miss! 

Oct 23, 2024

Yellowdig: Turning Isolation into Community in Asynchronous Classes

DELTA Faculty Fellow Julianne Treme shares her experience with the online discussion platform Yellowdig. Student engagement drastically increased when she incorporated this tool into her course content because it operates more like the social media platforms that students enjoy. 

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! 

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. 

Sep 19, 2024

DELTA Express Grants Fall 2024 Recipients

DELTA has awarded a total of 13 Express Grants stretching across eight colleges. There were six Course Mapping, two Course Accessibility and five Instructional Tools Grants accepted for the fall. DELTA Express Grants differ from DELTA Grants in that they are shorter and more directed toward course improvement which will last a semester as opposed…