best practices
New Features in Zoom for Fall 2020
Recent updates of the Zoom Desktop Client added several new features that are likely to improve your online teaching and your students’ online learning experience. Update to the newest version today and ask your students to do the same in order to take advantage of these new features.
Pack Hacks for Faculty: Compassion and Understanding in Online Teaching and Learning
This month, Angie Smith, associate teaching professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development in the College of Education, provides insight into adjusting to online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adapting to Change: DELTA Project Managers Redefine Agility at NC State
DELTA's Project Management team has spent years cultivating Agile, an approach to project management that prioritizes adaptability and team processes. Now, in the face of a pandemic, they are using this mindset to pivot and enhance collaborative practices at DELTA and across the university.
DELTA LearnTech YouTube Channel Provides On-Demand Resources
Looking for support at your fingertips? The DELTA LearnTech YouTube channel contains a variety of how-to videos on learning technology tools as well as strategies for using those tools effectively. Videos are always being updated, so be sure to subscribe to the channel for alerts.
NC State Faculty Teach Creatively with PlayPosit
PlayPosit transforms instructional videos into engaging, interactive learning tools, and many faculty members are developing unique and creative ways to use the technology in their teaching. Hear from four faculty members about how they innovate with PlayPosit.
DELTA Welcomes 2020-2021 Faculty Fellows
DELTA is excited to welcome five new Faculty Fellows for the 2020-2021 cycle. Michelle Bartlett, Lina Battestilli, Elaine Bohorquez, Christine Cranford and Julianne Treme will partner with DELTA to share teaching with technology best practices through a variety of activities. The five new Fellows will join Annette Moore who is continuing her grant from the 2019-2020 academic year.
All of Our Tips for Teaching and Working Remotely
In this roundup, you'll find articles that share tips, tricks and resources from DELTA's teams and partners to help you and your students get online and thrive remotely this fall.
Elaine Bohórquez Named as a Finalist for Top Hat’s Most Innovative Educator
In March 2020, Elaine Bohórquez was chosen as a finalist for Top Hat's Most Innovative Educator Award. Top Hat is NC State's enterprise-level student engagement tool. We caught up with Bohórquez to discuss her path to the nomination.
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Exploring Hybrid Models at NC State
Learn more about the flipped hybrid model, the synchronous hybrid model and the Hyflex model. We will also explore what this looks like within NC State’s physical distancing models of Hybrid25, Hybrid33 and Hybrid50.
Get to Know Classroom Capture at NC State
DELTA has been working with ClassTech to outfit NC State classrooms with recording technology for the fall 2020 semester. To support students in hybrid courses who are not physically present for each lecture, this recording service has changed to opt-out only. Faculty will receive more information about recording and how to prepare.