faculty development

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Mar 2, 2021

Online Course Improvement Program Sees Continued Success

The newest cohort of NC State faculty members in the Online Course Improvement Program is proving their commitment to high-quality online course design. The program’s seventh cohort features faculty from four colleges/units — all with unique focuses and goals.

Feb 4, 2021

Best Practices for Managing Online Office Hours

How can instructors provide the best support to students who are learning online? Here are some ways to provide synchronous and asynchronous help that will benefit individual students and your entire class from DELTA Faculty Fellow Lina Battestilli.

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Feb 4, 2021

Tips for Working with a Teaching Assistant in an Online Course

Are you searching for ways to effectively use a teaching assistant (TA) in an online course? DELTA Faculty Fellow Julianne Treme is sharing her favorite tips to help your TA engage with your students and your course content online.

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Jan 21, 2021

Tips to Increase Student Engagement in Zoom Breakout Rooms

Using breakout rooms during a Zoom class meeting can provide opportunities for student-to-student interaction as well as instructor-to-student collaboration. Check out these new approaches to using Zoom breakout rooms.

Finding Your Path. Spring Workshops 2021.

Jan 5, 2021

Find Your Path with DELTA Spring Workshops

Registration is open for DELTA Spring Workshops! We’re here to help you keep climbing toward your goals and positively impact student success. From learning to use Moodle and Zoom to best practices for facilitating engagement, DELTA workshops can help you take your teaching to the next level — in online, hybrid and face-to-face environments.

Nov 23, 2020

Faculty Perspective: QM Essential Standards Program Leads to Student Engagement

Participating in QMESP leads to a well-designed course built to engage students. Learn how Professor of Accounting Eileen Taylor incorporated the QM Essential Standards to improve her course.

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Oct 30, 2020

Course Quality Program Applications Open for Spring 2021

The Course Quality Program at NC State is accepting applications for spring 2021. Submit your application by Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. New this year is a pilot program for the Teaching Online Certificate in addition to Quality Matters Essential Standards Program and the Online Course Improvement Program.

Sep 28, 2020

DELTA Workshops Anytime, Anywhere

We understand that teaching online can be tireless work and finding the time to fit professional development into a busy day of lesson planning, remote teaching and virtual meetings may be hard for some faculty members. That is why we have compiled a list of DELTA’s most popular workshops that you can view anytime completely online.

Sep 22, 2020

Faculty Continue Commitment to Online Course Quality

Join us in congratulating the newest faculty members to complete Quality Matters (QM) training. These individuals have worked hard to serve their students through course improvement and providing a quality online education.

Sep 17, 2020

A New Strategy for DELTA Grants Outreach

In fiscal year 2019-2020, Senior Instructional Designer Cathi Dunnagan launched a targeted outreach strategy to share information about DELTA Grants across NC State.