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Apr 2, 2025

‘A Wicked Success’: Award-Winning NC State Experience Celebrates Five Years of Impact

As Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions marks five years of challenging incoming students to Think and Do, it’s also earning national recognition, including winning the Online Learning Consortium Award of Excellence in Digital Learning Innovation at OLC Innovate 2025. 

Aug 22, 2024

New NC State Accessibility Collaborative Aims To Foster Campus Inclusivity

DELTA’s Accessibility Team is delighted to announce the establishment of the NC State Accessibility Collaborative (NCStAC) this fall. Created in partnership with several campus units, the group hopes to facilitate collaborative allyship and engagement with accessibility topics as part of a university-wide commitment to removing barriers to inclusion. 

Aug 12, 2022

DELTA Fall Workshops: Use Your Noodle to Navigate Moodle and More

Fall DELTA workshops are now available in Reporter for registration. All your favorite topics are available again this fall with a concentration on the Moodle 4 upgrade. Both virtual and in-person options are available for most of the offerings. 

May 26, 2022

Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions Focuses on Future of Food

Many members of DELTA’s staff have worked tirelessly to make the course a success for incoming first-year and transfer students. 

May 18, 2022

Keeping Students Engaged in Asynchronous Lectures

What makes the learning active or passive is not the modality (Zoom vs. pre-recorded videos vs. text-based lessons), but the structure of the lesson the instructor creates. Faculty Fellow Claire Gordy share tips for keeping students engaged. 

May 10, 2022

Online College Counseling Program Supports Educators Around the World

Ciandra Gaston taught in Haiti before pursuing her degree at NC State. Now, she is using her degree to expand her skills as an educator at the collegiate level. 

Apr 25, 2022

Spilling the Tea and Developing Skills: The Facul-Tea Model

DELTA Faculty Fellow Michelle Bartlett began offering Facul-Tea sessions as a way to keep faculty connected with one another and to learn about new technology tools to implement in class. 

Apr 12, 2022

How a Wolf Became a Titan

Samantha Fischer, the stadium experience manager for the Tennesee Titans NFL team, reflects on her experiences as a master's student at NC State. 

Feb 28, 2022

Meet Faculty Fellow Sarah Khan

As a DELTA Faculty Fellow, Khan aims to share her online teaching experiences with those in higher education who could benefit. 

Dec 2, 2021

20 Years of Extending the Reach of Education

Kay Zimmerman, the associate vice provost for marketing and partnership development at DELTA, is retiring after two decades dedicated to online and distance learning. 

Sep 16, 2021

DELTA Finance and Business Office Presses on During Tough Times

The DELTA Finance and Business Office played a major role in helping DELTA keep working during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Mar 31, 2021

DELTA and DASA Collaborate To Deliver Secure Telehealth Options at NC State

A collaboration between DELTA and the Division of Academic and Student Affairs (DASA) addressed the need for secure virtual healthcare options for NC State students during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Oct 26, 2020

Technology with Heart

This summer, as the Wolfpack looked forward to first-of-its-kind face-to-face learning and comprehensive changes to campus operations, Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA) and the Office of Information Technology (OIT) collaborated to fit classrooms with recording technology. 

Jul 17, 2020

Wicked Awesome

A new online course — “Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions” — gives incoming first-year students an extraordinary opportunity to learn and connect. 

May 6, 2020

Gearing Up

While students were on spring break, NC State staff made a mad dash to purchase and prepare hundreds of laptops, webcams and other technology for faculty members suddenly faced with the prospect of teaching remotely.