2015

Oct 28, 2015

East Coast Game Conference 2015

A number of DELToids attended this year’s East Coast Game Conference and captured their thoughts and impressions of the different sessions, speakers, and tech! Cathi Dunnagan “I need a weapon!” I shouted out loud as my first immersive experience built to its climax. Heart-pounding, I turned and twisted around to avoid flying rock and shrapnel… 

Oct 19, 2015

2015 Online Learning Consortium Conference

On October 14 – 16, 2015, I attended the Online Learning Consortium Conference in Orlando, Florida (@OLC Today #OLC15). As usual, this was a great conference with many ideas about teaching and learning online. Following are some highlights. We’re adults, we don’t need badges. There were a number of sessions on micro-credentialing, badging and gamification,… 

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… 

Sep 3, 2015

DELTA Grants Recipients attend orientation

On Monday, August 31, all new DELTA Grants recipients were invited to an orientation meeting in EB II on Centennial Campus. After a greeting from Senior Vice Provost Tom Miller, the grant recipients paired off for an icebreaker activity. Each pair introduced their partner to the group and shared what his/her grant would be focused… 

Sep 3, 2015

Mediasite Administrator Update, September 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: Mediasite Service Degradation Version 6 Servers New Recorders/New Image Mediasite Monthly Server Maintenance My Mediasite Student… 

Aug 28, 2015

NC State presents at Va. Tech’s first Teaching Large Classes Conference

contributed by Emily Ligon On July 23, Virginia Tech’s CIDER program held its first annual Teaching Large Classes Conference. The conference focused on challenges faced by instructors teaching in a classroom where it is difficult to interact one on one with students. As a result, the class sizes discussed ranged from 50 to 1,000. Faculty… 

Aug 24, 2015

Teaching and Learning Conference 2015

The 2015 Teaching & Learning Conference in Elon, N.C., started with a captivating keynote speech about pink hippos and infinity dreams. Dr. Michael Palmer from the University of Virginia spoke on deep learning, and how to encourage a high level of engagement in students. One of the key take-aways was the relationship between engagement and… 

Aug 18, 2015

DELTA attends MoodleMoot US 2015

In early August, several DELTA staff members attended the MoodleMoot US 2015 conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Although there have been numerous Moots over the years with various other organizers and sponsors, this event was the first “official” MoodleMoot in the U.S. (and the second ever, worldwide) to be organized and sponsored directly by Moodle HQ.… 

Aug 17, 2015

DELTA Announces 19 New DELTA Grant Recipients for the 2015-2016 Academic Year

DELTA is pleased to announce the awarding of more than $303,000 in new DELTA Grants to 19 recipients across eight academic colleges and the continuation of 5 Critical Path Course Redesign Grants from prior years (this includes staff support for each project, providing expertise in instructional design and media creation). With our goals of enhancing… 

Aug 17, 2015

WolfWare News: August 2015

Here is the latest WolfWare News to help you make the most effective use of WolfWare. New and Noteworthy System Upgrades: We upgraded both courses and project spaces to Moodle version 2.8 earlier this year to improve usability and enhancement of some features. To learn more about the new features in Moodle 2.8, view the…