Congrats to the 2023-2024 DELTA Grants Recipients
The 2023-2024 recipients (listed below) will receive $219,000 in 34 new and continuing DELTA Grants spread among 40 recipients. There are 10 academic colleges, the Biotechnology Program and the Institute for Advanced Analytics represented in this cycle’s awardees.
Two 2022-2023 Critical Path recipients and four Faculty Fellows will receive continuing support from DELTA for another year.
In collaboration with our faculty and campus partners, DELTA staff look forward to creating innovative solutions to instructional challenges and increasing student success.
As we leverage the latest technologies, apply research-based standards of excellence and explore advancements in instructional design, DELTA Grants enhance the digital learning environment at NC State.
This year’s grant types include Course Design, Course Improvement, Critical Path, Exploratory and Faculty Fellows. And, with the university’s ever-increasing need for blended/hybrid/flipped learning since the pandemic, three of the grants will be piloted as a cohort this year with regular cohort sessions and individual mentoring sessions that guide instructors to work toward course design milestones at similar paces.
Biotechnology Program
| Recipient(s) | Grant Type | Title | Department |
| Stephanie Chen, Carlos Goller and Melissa Srougi | Exploratory | Structured for Success: A Primer for Students | Biotechnology Program |
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
| Recipient(s) | Grant Type | Title | Department |
| Wendy Warner | Course Design | Promoting Meaningful Student-to-Student Interaction in an Asynchronous Course | Agricultural and Human Sciences |
| Misty Lambert | Exploratory | Translating an experiential learning opportunity for online students in AEE 322 | Agricultural and Human Sciences |
| Praveen Kolar | Exploratory | Exploring Augmented Reality in Transport Phenomena to Improve Student Learning | Biological and Agricultural Engineering |
| Trino Ascencio-Ibanez | Course Improvement | BCH 453: Biochemistry of Gene Expression | Molecular and Structural Biochemistry |
| Robert Branan | Course Improvement | ARE 306: Agricultural Laws | Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| Paige Luck | Course Improvement | FS 201: Introduction to Food Science | Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences |
| Lucie Guertault | Critical Path | Flipping and Emphasizing Active Learning in an Introductory Computer-Based Problem-Solving Course (2nd Year) | Biological and Agricultural Engineering |
College of Design
| Recipient(s) | Grant Type | Title | Department |
| Robin Moore and Matthew Babb | Exploratory | Interactive Virtual Visual Learning (IVVL):Integrating Video with Graphic Design to Communicate Children’s Interactions with Nature in Daily Life in Disadvantaged Communities | Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning |
College of Education
| Recipient(s) | Grant Type | Title | Department |
| Jordan Lukins | Course Improvement | ECI 571: Instructional Strategies for Students with Disabilities | Teacher Education and Learning Sciences |
| Carrol Warren | Faculty Fellow (2nd year) | Building a Pack of Community Influencers | Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development |
College of Engineering
| Recipient(s) | Grant Type | Title | Department |
| Jessica Schmidt and Alexander Card | Critical Path | Reorganizing CSC226 Course Structure and Facilitating Student Engagement (continuing) | Computer Science |
| Kathryn Stolle | Course Design | CSC495: Project Management (continuing) | Computer Science |
| Ignacio Dominguez | Course Design | Better Web Programming by Incorporating Flipped Class Elements and Adding Structure to an Ungraded CSC 342 | Computer Science |
| Marshall Brian | Course Design | Improving ECE 482/483 for expansion from one to ten sections | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Marie Muller | Course Improvement | MAE 310: Heat Transfer Fundamentals | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
| Recipient(s) | Grant Type | Title | Department |
| Christian Doll | Course Design | Centering Social Scientific Thinking in a Dynamic and Adaptive Redesign of ANT/SOC 261: Technology in Society and Culture | Sociology and Anthropology |
| Dimitri Mitin | Course Improvement | LPS 400: Decisive Leadership | Political Science [in the School of Public and International Affairs] |
| Amanda Stewart | Course Improvement | PS 203: Introduction to the Nonprofits | Public Administration [in the School of Public and International Affairs] |
| Anna Gibson | Faculty Fellow | Annotating to Learn | English |
College of Natural Resources
| Recipient(s) | Grant Type | Title | Department |
| Helena Mitasova, Caitlin Haedrich | Exploratory | Exploring Jupyter Notebook Interactivity for teaching Geospatial Modeling and Analysis | Center for Geospatial Analytics |
| Nathan Williams | Exploratory | NC:State of Recreation – Virtual Reality Content Creation in PRT 152 | Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management |
| Megan Lupek | Faculty Fellow | Grappling with Group Work: Using Technology to Form and Assess Team Projects | Forestry and Environmental Resources |
| Kyle Bunds | Faculty Fellow (2nd year) | Effective Use of Educational Technologies for Virtual Classroom Community Building | Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management |
College of Sciences
| Recipient(s) | Grant Type | Title | Department |
| Lisa Falk | Exploratory | Empowering Self-Reflection and Self-Direction Under the Ungrading Umbrella | Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences |
| Miriam Ferzli and Eric Wiebe | Exploratory | LabWrite: Interactive Science Writing Tutor | Biological Sciences |
| Miriam Ferzil | Faculty Fellow (2nd year) | Educational Technology for Collaborative and Active Learning | Biological Sciences |
| Lisa Paciulli | Critical Path (2nd year) | Critical Path (CP) Course Redesign of BIO 181 001 and 002: Introductory Biology for a more “JEDI” Student Experience | Biological Sciences |
Division of Academic and Student Affairs/University College
| Recipient(s) | Grant Type | Title | Department |
| Brenda Watson | Course Improvement | HES 211: Strength Training and Conditioning | Health and Exercise Studies |
| Ashley White | Critical Path | HESF 101: Fitness and Wellness | Health and Exercise Studies |
Institute for Advanced Analytics
| Recipient(s) | Grant Type | Title | Department | |
| Sarah Egan Warren | Faculty Fellows (2nd year) | Data Analytics Everywhere: Using Dashboards to Improve Student Performance and Engagement | Institute for Advanced Analytics |
Poole College of Management
| Recipient(s) | Grant Type | Title | Department |
| Sarah Khan | Exploratory | Exploring Generative AI (Large Language Models) to Compliment STEM Courses and Student Learning Experience | Business Management |
| Stefanie Robinson | Course Improvement | MBA 561: Consumer Behavior | Business Management |
Wilson College of Textiles
| Recipient(s) | Grant Type | Title | Department |
| Wendy Krause | Faculty Fellow | H5P, Gradescope, Moodle, WordPress, Pressbooks, and Google: Using EdTech to Make Engaging Courses | Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science |
Congratulations to all of the recipients!
This post was originally published in DELTA News.