teaching with technology

Aug 19, 2016

2016 Campus Technology Conference

Recap of lessons learned from Dr. Donna Peterbridge and David Howard from the Campus Technology Conference held August 1-4 in Boston. 

Jul 15, 2016

10 Tips for Establishing a Strong Social Presence in Your Online Class

For students and instructors, taking (or teaching) an online course can feel like an isolated activity. 

Jul 15, 2016

Spark New Ideas: Register for Summer Shorts 2016(Archive)

Spark new ideas by attending DELTA’s annual series of workshops called Summer Shorts in Instructional Technologies. Summer Shorts will take place Tuesday, August 9 through Friday, August 12, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., in both face-to-face and online sessions. 

Jul 1, 2016

Mediasite Administration Update, July 2016(Archive)

There are important Mediasite actions & events occurring this month. Please mark your calendars for July 27–29. Details are below. Recorder Image and Software Update Recorder version 7.1.10 will be the supported version for Fall 2016. Here is the planned sequence of events: Testing: DELTA will test the new recorder software version in early July.… 

Jun 7, 2016

Enhancing Self-Regulation for the Online Learner

Research has shown that key variables for success in an online course include motivation (e.g., goal orientation, self-efficacy), utilizing learning strategies (e.g., metacognitive strategies), and resource management (e.g., time management, help seeking) (Cho & Kim, 2013). While some students may seem to possess more of these skills than others (for example, those who have previous… 

May 21, 2016

Taming the Large Class Beast

How to Use Technology as a Means to Reach Students Individually — or Fake it Successfully
Large class instructors, I am one of you, and I feel your pain. 

May 17, 2016

East Coast Games Conference VR Village 2016

Educators, researchers and design teams continue to look for innovative solutions to better support lab-based and field-based instruction in online learning environments. The emergence of interactive 360º video capture and virtual reality technologies (i.e. Google Cardboard) have provided new approaches for delivering instruction. 

Apr 27, 2016

Mediasite Administrator Update, May 2016(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 Software Upgrades Mediasite Server Maintenance Record Your Lectures in Summer 2016: Sign Up Began April 12 Unable… 

Apr 13, 2016

March IIS Meeting Welcomes UNC Guests

DELTA’s Instructional Innovation Services Team hosted Instructional Technology Consultants and Information Technology Services Liaisons Bob Henshaw and Aiya Williams from UNC Chapel Hill March 3. The IIS Team and UNC staff members discussed various educational projects and advancements occurring at NC State and UNC. After a round of introductions, DELTA’s David Tredwell, multimedia specialist, and Yan Shen,… 

Apr 13, 2016

DELTA Staff Put Math Professors at Ease

As Director of Instructional Innovation Services David Howard, Instructional Designer Yan Shen and AVP for Distance and Distributed Education Rebecca Swanson spoke with an audience of math professors Tuesday March 1, they were met with reservations about how to incorporate distance education and learning technologies into mathematics courses. To ease these curious minds, Shen discussed…