The EnhancED site is maintained by the staff at the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) to provide faculty and instructors information about new technologies and hot topics surrounding education and technology, and to share expertise about these technologies and approaches to teaching with technology.
The site has a blog-like organization that is split into three categories describing the types of possible entries:
Noted:
Noted postings highlight an interesting technology, service, or direction. Posting should have some relevance to the CU community. These posting may include: an article about a new technology, a newly published paper, or an industry change.
Solutions:
The Solutions category is composed of quick how-tos covering a broad range of technologies and educational approaches. Typically, entries are not hypothetical, but based on real experiences.
Primers:
Primers, by definition, are introductory texts that cover the basic elements of a subject. These entries in the EnhancED site have been written by CCNMTL staff and discuss broad topics such as encouraging peer editing, or using a blog. Beyond the topic of technology itself, these entries include educational considerations, explanatory how-tos, and a discussion of potential trends.
In addition, tags are associated with all entries creating interesting relationships between them. These tags are compiled in the remaining navigational category, TagTopics.
TagTopics:
TagTopics contains a list of topics that has been generated by the tags assigned to articles in the site. This list, and the number of items assigned to a topic can change daily depending on what has been added to this site on a particular day.
Contributions
If you know of a resource, use a tool, or practice a technique that should be part of this site, please email us at ccnmtl@columbia.edu.
About CCNMTL
Launched as a University-wide initiative in 1999, the Center has served nearly 4,000 faculty at Columbia and created nearly 200 projects to meet the pedagogical needs of faculty. The Center's staff have the combined expertise of education and technology and can help instructors develop fluency with information technology and educational strategies. This group of professionals serves as a catalyst for innovation with technology supported teaching and learning techniques inside and outside of the classroom.
