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This Week at the Center: November 12, 2014

Teaching with technology in the humanities, the Conversations on Online Learning series returns, a presentation to the Klingenstein Center, and upcoming events at the Center.

This Week at the Center: October 29, 2014

Innovation at the Center this week includes a request for faculty hybrid-learning proposals from the Provost's office, two remixed series' on blended learning at Columbia, highlights from the media, and a visit from Shigeru Miyagawa on November 6th.

This Week at the Center: September 29, 2014

Blended Learning, the Fall Premieres at Morningside and CUMC, success with flipping the classroom, and faculty and student feedback.

This Week at the Center: September 2, 2014

The Fall Premiere 2014, Courseworks Open Labs, Eric Foner's new Civil War MOOC on edX, and a CCNMTL Staff Retreat.

This Week at the Center: August 1, 2014

An important thread of activity that runs through the busy summer season at CCNMTL is that associated with faculty development workshops, which our staff facilitates for a variety of schools and programs in the University and its affiliates.

This Week at the Center: July 2, 2014

The third annual Teagle Summer Institute for graduate student teachers and a session on tools and strategies for supporting humanities faculty and students.

This Week at the Center: June 12, 2014

CCNMTL participated in the Open Syllabus Project's first workshop and hackathon; new footage of cast members from the Tony Award-winning play All the Way; and other news from the Center.

This Week at the Center: June 2, 2014

A visit to CCNMTL from Dr. Chuck Severance leads to a discussion on near-term trends in educational technology; an iBooks Author workshop; and a new CCNMTL staff member.

This Week at the Center: May 22, 2014

This week we’ve been thinking a lot about the use of social media for teaching and learning, thanks to an interview with Reyes Llopis-Garcia, lecturer in language and the Co-Director of the Spanish Language Program at Columbia University. Prof. Llopis-Garcia...

This Week at the Center: May 15, 2014

Many of our conversations this week have involved the question “Can online courses teach us anything about successful teaching strategies for face to face classes?” The answer has turned out to be “yes,” in discussions as diverse as our popular...

This Week at the Center: May 7, 2014

More than 30 participants from universities, museums, foundations, and educational technology and film organizations gathered for a day of discussions on how best to support the evolving role of digital media in higher education.

This Week at the Center: April 30, 2014

This week at the Center we celebrated seven of those faculty partnerships formed through our rewirED workshop series at the CCNMTL rewirED Spring 2014 Faculty Showcase held on April 25.

This Week at the Center - April 22, 2014

Marcia C. Linn, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and leading researcher in the use of technology for teaching mathematics and science, spoke at Columbia.

This Week at the Center - April 15, 2014

Humanities were a key focus of conversations at the Center this week. On April 9, we welcomed Jim Grossman, Executive Director of the American Historical Association (AHA), who led Center and Library staff in a discussion about the ways humanities...

This Week at the Center - April 8, 2014

Columbia math and physics professor Brian Greene on World Science U; a debate on clicks vs. bricks; Barnard's fourth annual Faculty Reflections on Teaching with Technology.

This Week at the Center - April 2, 2014

As conversations about MOOCs continue to broaden and deepen, CCNMTL was excited to have Rebecca Griffiths, Program Director of ITHAKA’s Program on Online Learning, join us on March 20 to lead a brown-bag discussion on the topic of her recent...