2009

Sep 23, 2009

Upcoming Faculty Seminar Series: Teaching Larger Classes(Archive)

Many classes at NC State are larger this year because of budget cuts and increased enrollment. This seminar series is designed to assist faculty in developing and sharing strategies for effectively teaching larger classes. The Office of Faculty Development, in collaboration with DELTA, announce their fall seminar series: Teaching Larger Classes: Issues and Effective Strategies for… 

Sep 21, 2009

“Flu-Proofing” a Course: Where do you start?

As stories related to H1N1 continue to appear in places as varied as our own Technician and in Inside Higher Education, the possibility of social distancing(at worst) or students (or you) missing more class than usual due to the flu (at best), may come to mind.  The flu may take a week, or more, to… 

Sep 16, 2009

OIT Fall 2009 Workshops(Archive)

Our partners in the Office of Information Technology (OIT) offer free technology training classes for NC State faculty and staff. This fall, OIT is offering various Adobe workshops focused on Acrobat Pro, InDesign and PhotoShop, as well as workshops related to WolfWise (GroupWise) and Office 2007. See http://webapps.ncsu.edu/classmate/ for registration information. 

Aug 24, 2009

From DELTA Intern to Disney Imagineer

Ashley Wagner, a former student intern in DELTA’s Creative and Multimedia Production Services group, participated in a dream internship this summer at Walt Disney’s Imagineering in Southern California. Wagner landed the internship after becoming a finalist in Disney’s ImagiNations Design Competition. While interning at DELTA in Spring 2009, Wagner, an Art and Design major, assisted… 

Aug 14, 2009

Surviving Internet Explorer – Embracing Standards in Web Design

Designing a web site is a complicated process. Once you have identified the need, the audience and the pieces that connect the two, it is time to focus on implementation. A web page’s layout is a delicate dance of content sections whose relationships are determined by a set of display rules called Cascading Style Sheets… 

Aug 5, 2009

DELTA Awards 2009-10 IDEA Grants

DELTA is pleased to announce that the following proposals are being supported with an IDEA Grant. An IDEA Grant carries an $8,000 monetary award and the support of DELTA staff in the creation of a Distance Education course or the exploration of a technology that will benefit Distance Education courses. Bob Brown, FOR 491/595 Special… 

Aug 4, 2009

Fall Classes Start August 19, 2009(Archive)

Fall classes are right around the corner! Faculty, please contact DELTA’s Faculty Development and Support Services group for help as soon as possible as this is our busiest time of the year. We have services to help you incorporate learning technologies into your course by offering workshops, Instructional House Calls, Custom Trainings, and a staffed… 

Aug 3, 2009

Moodle Article in The Technician

See Moodle moves in at: http://www.technicianonline.com/features/moodle-moves-in-1.1788039 To keep informed regarding the LMS transition on campus, see http://wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/LMS_Strategy 

Jul 30, 2009

Get Connected! NCDLA Virtual Conference

Distance education leaders from North Carolina and across the nation came together for the first-ever K-20 virtual learning conference convened by the North Carolina Distance Learning Association (NCDLA). Get Connected!—The NCDLA 2009 Virtual Conference—was a 2-week learning experience designed to deepen understanding of distance education and how it is evolving to satisfy the different needs… 

Jul 27, 2009

Check out DELTA Teaching & Learning with Technology workshops!

For a list of DELTA’s workshops, see http://www.delta.ncsu.edu/workshops/. Summer workshops and seminars run through August 2009, with our fall schedule beginning in September. New courses for the fall include a number of workshops and seminars related to using the Moodle Learning Management System, as well as an informative new seminar series on Instructional Design in…