DELTA Grants
Meet Faculty Fellow Sarah Khan
Associate Teaching Professor Sarah Khan started her online teaching journey well before the onset of the pandemic, which has proven to be a blessing in disguise. Now, as a DELTA Faculty Fellow, Khan aims to share her experiences with those in higher education who could benefit.
Digital Repositories: A Solution for Underrepresentation, Learning Challenges
Underrepresentation, a virtual gallery walk, and microscopic viewing ability are just a few instructional challenges that have been solved through digital repositories.
DELTA Grants Save the Date
DELTA Grants are back! For more than 20 years DELTA Grants have helped to support the creation of online courses, explore new technologies for teaching, seed new online programs, assist in the redesign of blended and face-to-face courses and enhance and update existing courses.
Meet Faculty Fellow Claire Gordy
Claire Gordy is a passionate instructor in the STEM field, striving for accessibility in her courses. As a DELTA Faculty Fellow, she helps other instructors navigate instructional technologies to provide the best learning experience for students.
Metamorphosis Turns Into An Infestation
Extension Associate Terri Billeisen, Ph.D., provides updates on DELTA Grant work that created 3D interactive models of insects and how it has impacted student engagement and success. Also, it transformed her overall instructional mindset and made the transition to online teaching during the pandemic easier.
Sustainable Trash Talk
Associate Professors Kyle Bunds, Jonathan Casper and DELTA created Zero Waste Gameday: A Trash Sorting Game to teach future facility managers/sports marketing professionals about sustainability. Five VR videos were also produced including behind-the-scenes experiences at landfills and some featuring former sports announcer Jeff Gravley.
NC State and DELTA Lead Group of Four Universities in Adaptive Learning Project
NC State Associate Professor Katherine Saul, Ph.D. shares her experience fully integrating Adaptive Learning (AL) and RealizeIt into her Engineering Dynamics course. This type of course design resulted in students completing five times more problems which fostered deeper understanding of concepts and individualized assistance.
FM 425 Works with DELTA to Create 3D Model Apps of Feed Mills
FM 425: Feed Manufacturing Technology’s Area Specialized Agent Marissa Herchler Cohen and Associate Professor Adam Fahrenholz worked with a DELTA team to convert labs into web-based 3D apps allowing students to see inside the feed mills.
A Metamorphosis: DELTA Grant Transforms ENT 410
Through an extensive DELTA Grant, Extension Associate Terri Billeisen teamed up with DELTA experts to bring innovative learning technologies to ENT 410: Turfgrass and Ornamental Insect Pest Management, a new course launching in 2022, to help students connect with course material.
DELTA Grants Recipients for 2021-2022 Announced
DELTA is excited to announce 28 new and continuing DELTA Grant recipients for the 2021-2022 academic year. We look forward to collaborating with our faculty and campus partners to apply research-based best practices to promote technology-rich learning environments at NC State.