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Oct 9, 2024

DELTA Colleagues Receive Mentions in NMC

Five DELTA colleagues were mentioned in the NMC Horizon Report: 2016 Higher Education Edition. NMC, historically known as New Media Consortium, is an “international community of experts in educational technology.” NMC shares information on technology trends and advancements in education happening around the globe. Receiving recognition from NMC is an honor and serves as an indication that…

Oct 9, 2024

Developing Gamification Within Moodle

Michelle Harrolle was awarded a DELTA Exploratory Grant in 2012-2013. During the span of the past three years, the grant for gamification was handed over to Dr. Ed Lindsay, a teaching assistant professor in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (PRTM). With the help of Steve Bader, business and technology application developer, and DELTA staff, they gamified Introduction to…
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Oct 9, 2024

360º Video, Virtual Reality Presentation Highlights Edu Applications

The intrigue and popularity of VR continues to gain momentum in mainstream media, but innovative institutions like NC State University are also actively engaged in exploring applications for virtual reality in education, training and experiential learning. Read more about how DELTA is pioneering this technology.

Oct 9, 2024

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…

Oct 9, 2024

Mediasite Hits More Than 1.2 million On-Demand Views

NC State’s Mediasite hits milestone. There were 1,240,067 on-demand views of Mediasite for 27,116 presentations.

Oct 9, 2024

Dr. Tom Miller Receives William L. Turner Award

The William L. Turner Award is presented annually to an individual whose “significant contributions and accomplishments have enhanced and reinforced extension and continuing education as being an integral component of engagement at NC State in responding to the educational needs of the various stakeholders served or in the application of research to real-life issues and…

Oct 9, 2024

First Course Designed Using Gamification Module

By adding gamification elements to our learning management system (Moodle), PRT 266: Introduction to Sport Management students were awarded badges that students achieve as they work through team role-play challenges with the career cards and avacards. Team-based role play game where students break out into teams of 4-5 students and take on an avatar in…

Oct 9, 2024

WolfWare Outreach Service Launched for Non-credit Online Learning

In August 2014, DELTA expanded services to include the new WolfWare Outreach LMS (Moodle) service for non-credit online courses and programs. The Senior Vice Provost of Academic Outreach and Entrepreneurship, and DELTA Vice Provost, supported the transition of hosting and services for non-credit programming to a new DELTA Moodle server because of the growing need…

Oct 9, 2024

Service that Scales: Recording Distance Education Courses–From a Distance

When faced with a 20 percent increase in demand for their Distance Education (DE) classroom recording services, Tony Pearson and his team in DELTA’s Video Communications Services (VCS) refused to choose between strong customer service and scalability. Instead, they found a way for their team to serve more instructors and students with the same commitment…
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Oct 9, 2024

My Mediasite Made Available

After creating or uploading video into My Mediasite, you can share links directly from Moodle, on your own website, through email or in class, allowing you to consolidate course materials for you and your students. My Mediasite is a service intended for all faculty and staff, not just current classroom content capture users. Visit the My…