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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 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… 

Feb 29, 2016

eFIRE: A Hot Topic at NC State and Beyond

Laurie Gharis and Jennifer Evans have a burning desire to teach others about prescribed fires. With assistance from DELTA, various partners throughout the state and the NC State community, this passion has resulted in the creation of eFIRE, electronic Field-based Interactive Rx-fire Experience. An interactive microsite, eFIRE teaches viewers about the phases and formalities required for… 

Nov 3, 2015

Summer Shorts Connects Faculty with Technology

Have you ever felt like you knew what you wanted to do, but you just didn’t know where to start? Instructors face this dilemma semester after semester as they question whether or not online resources are appropriate for their courses. While many faculty only need polishing up on skills and technologies they are currently utilizing,… 

Oct 1, 2015

Mediasite Administrator Update, October 2015(Archive)

As part of an ongoing effort to keep Mediasite administrators on campus informed, we created this DELTAwire article specifically for you! For help with any Mediasite questions, please contact us at mediasite-help@ncsu.edu. This article includes information on the following topics: Mediasite Service Hardware Replacement Mediasite Server Maintenance Feature Requests UNLEASH 2016, Mediasite User Conference More Information… 

Jul 27, 2015

My Mediasite Student Pilot Launching Fall 2015!(Archive)

After wide adoption of My Mediasite from faculty and staff and continued requests for student use of the desktop recording software, we are rolling out a pilot for student use beginning in the Fall semester of 2015. My Mediasite includes two features in our suite of media production and online instruction applications: desktop recording and… 

Jul 6, 2015

Mediasite Administrator Update, July 2015

As part of an ongoing effort to keep Mediasite administrators on campus informed, we created this DELTAwire article specifically for you! For help with any Mediasite questions, please contact us at mediasite-help@ncsu.edu. This article includes information on the following topics: Testing Software Updates Mediasite Recorder/SSL Update Carolina Chapter Mediasite/NC State MUG Meetings Mediasite Monthly Server Maintenance My… 

Jun 12, 2015

DELTA’s Summer Shorts in Instructional Technologies offers three tracks

Interested in developing your teaching with technology skills? Join DELTA for this year’s Summer Shorts in Instructional Technologies! This year’s program offers three tracks, or themes: advanced Moodle topics, teaching with video, and innovative instruction. At Summer Shorts, you’ll find opportunities to learn more about NC State’s learning technologies and explore best practices for teaching with… 

May 21, 2015

Game On, An UNLEASH 2015 Overview

In April, a group from NC State University had the opportunity to attend the Unleash 2015, Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite User Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Attendees from DELTA included, Leisa Bolles, Yiling Chappelow, Larry Evans, Brian Dyer, John Gordon, Darren Ley, Bob Pence, Jeff Robinson, Bill Stancil, Laura Stephenson, Mark Wiest, and Bob Wilkerson. This year’s theme was…