Global Learning Initiative

CCNMTL's Global Learning Initiative begins with Columbia’s commitment to a new level of global engagement and marries it to the power of network technology, creating new opportunities for collaborations that enrich the university's educational programs.


Recent Projects

Global Master's in Development Practice

Global Master's in Development Practice _thumbnail CCNMTL’s development of MDP's customized technological environment grew out of the Center's experience in the Global Classroom project. In this project, synchronous and asynchronous tools are implemented to enable students and faculty at universities around the world to participate in... MORE

Global Honors College

Global Honors College_thumbnail CCNMTL educational technologists worked closely with the Global Honors College organizers and faculty partners to understand the needs of the Global Seminar and to design a sequence of learning activities that would engage students at a distance and better prepare... MORE

Global Classroom

Global Classroom_thumbnail A Global Classroom course strives toward teaching and knowledge sharing that surmounts geographic boundaries. Throughout each semester, local course facilitators and instructors draw on common syllabi and videotaped lectures, shared reading assignments, and other resources available through a course management... MORE

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News

Global Honors College 2011 Concludes

The Global Honors College concluded its 2011 Global Seminar on August 20. This summer's seminar brought together 28 undergraduates from 8 universities in the United States and Asia. The Global Sustainability Seminar focused on a food and agriculture theme for... MORE

Global Honors College 2011 Kicks Off

The online phase of the Global Honors College 2011 officially began on June 20. The course, Global Seminar on Sustainability (2011 Theme: Food and Agriculture), began with a live global kickoff session held in Adobe Connect that brought together the... MORE

Public Health Publication Features Columbia Global Course

The Friday Letter, a weekly publication of the Association of Schools of Public Health, released an article entitled, Expanding the Knowledge Network through Columbia’s Global Classroom, highlighting how students from Indonesia and Sri Lanka are tuning in to classes at... MORE

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Our Partners

Anke A. Ehrhardt "Through the MAC AIDS Fund Leadership Initiative, we are breaking new ground in identifying the next generation of emerging leaders in HIV prevention in South Africa. Our Fellows develop innovative prevention plans during their intensive training period in New York....
- Anke A. Ehrhardt, Director of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Professor of Medical Psychology and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs

Jeffrey Sachs “The Global Classroom provides the opportunity for expert lecturers and diverse bodies of students to hold a real-time worldwide discussion on the world's foremost problems of sustainable development so that together they, and we, can brainstorm on solutions. The idea...
- Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management

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