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Tobacco Cessation
Tobacco Cessation Partner: David Albert- College of Dental Medicine
Tobacco Cessation is an educational website that provides students in the Columbia College of Dental Medicine with multimedia learning modules on pharmacotherapy regiments for tobacco cessation. The site offers self-study lessons and activities, including immediate-response quizzes, treatment activities, four virtual patients, and demonstrative videos, which students are assigned to review...

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Released: TBA
In development.
Multimedia WORTH
Multimedia WORTH Partner: Nabila El-Bassel- Social Intervention Group, School of Social Work
Multimedia WORTH (Women On The Road To Health) is the web-based version of an HIV prevention program that teaches communication and negotiation skills, delivers health information, and facilitates empowerment and feelings of self worth to at-risk women in the criminal justice system. CCNMTL is partnering with the Social Intervention Group...

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Access: Private
Released: October 2009
Global Master's in Development Practice
Global Master's in Development Practice Partner: Jeffrey Sachs- Earth Instutitute
The Global Master's in Development Practice (MDP) is a two-year degree providing graduate-level students with the skills and knowledge required to better identify and address the global challenges of sustainable development, such as poverty, population, health, conservation, climate change, and agricultural productivity. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation...

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Access: Private
Released: September 2009
Project Rebirth
Project Rebirth Partner: Faculty and Instructors- Georgetown University, Columbia University, and Project Rebirth
The Project Rebirth educational initiative aims to help students better understand the many dimensions of trauma and recovery following September 11, 2001. The initiative provides faculty partners from Columbia University and Georgetown University with access to hundreds of hours of footage from Project Rebirth, a documentary by filmmaker Jim Whitaker...

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Access: Columbia only
Released: September 2009

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SLATE
SLATE Partner: Deepthiman Gowda and Mary Jo Fink- College of Physicians and Surgeons
Sharing, Learning, and Teaching the Examination (SLATE) is the multimedia course website for Foundations of Clinical Medicine, a second year clinical skills building course at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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Access: Private
Released: April 2009

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Masivukeni
Masivukeni Partner: Robert Remien- Department of Psychiatry
CCNMTL and Dr. Robert Remien, a research scientist at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies and associate professor of clinical psychology (in psychiatry), received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to create and pilot Masivukeni, a multimedia version of an HIV-treatment adherence program, SMART Couples, that has been effective in New York City HIV care clinics. The grant allows the program to extend its reach to South Africa, which has one of the highest rates of HIV in the world. Originally named SMART SA+, Masivukeni is a CCNMTL Triangle Initiative project that also aims to enrich Columbia courses at the Mailman School of Public Health and other programs focused on health disparities.

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Access: Private
Released: March 2009
PediaLabs
PediaLabs Partner: Rita Marie John, Mary McCord, and Arlene Smaldone- School of Nursing, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Clinicians require accurate laboratory tests to help them diagnose illness and screen for diseases. Yet, even the best laboratory test is not perfect; it can miss a condition or falsely report a patient as having a condition. PediaLabs is designed to improve graduate nursing and medical students' understanding of the...

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Released: TBA
In development.
REAL: Remote Electronic Arrhythmia Learning
REAL: Remote Electronic Arrhythmia Learning Partner: Kathleen Hickey and Mary Donovan- School of Nursing
Remote Electronic Arrhythmia Learning (REAL), is a web-based tutorial that familiarizes Columbia University medical, dental, and nursing students with the basic parameters and operation of internal cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). Created in partnership with Drs. Kathleen Hickey and Mary Donovan from the School of Nursing, REAL provides students with detailed video...

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Access: Columbia only
Released: February 2009

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PCORE Portal
PCORE Portal Partner: Pablo Joo, MD- College of Physicians and Surgeons
PCORE is a web-based portal providing a standardized curriculum to primary care students at Columbia's School of Physicians and Surgeons. The portal offers five interactive education modules on prevention, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and depression. It also includes an electronic library and online evidence-based point of care tools and patient education...

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Access: Columbia only
Released: June 2008

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Connect
Connect Partner: Susan Witte- School of Social Work
Connect is a couples-level intervention for heterosexual couples at risk for HIV/STIs developed by the Social Intervention Group at the School of Social Work. The intervention has been proven to reduce risky behaviors in committed heterosexual couples, the fastest growing HIV-infected group in the US. Principal Investigator Susan Witte and...

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Access: Private
Released: June 2008
Mapping the African American Past
Mapping the African American Past Teachers College, Creative Curriculum Initiatives
Mapping the African American Past (MAAP) is a public website created to enhance the appreciation and study of significant sites and moments in the history of African Americans in New York from the early 17th-century through the recent past. The website is a geographic learning environment, enabling students, teachers, and...

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Access: Open to all
Released: February 2008

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HIV Intervention Science Training Commons
HIV Intervention Science Training Commons Partner: Nabila El-Bassel- School of Social Work
CCNMTL partnered with Drs. Nabila El-Bassel and Elwin Wu of the Columbia University School of Social Work to develop this web-based environment for the HIV Intervention Science Training Program. The website helps the program meet its program and research objectives of recruiting and training minority researchers in the fields of...

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Access: Columbia only
Released: October 2007

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Korean Through Drama
Korean Through Drama Partner: Carol Schulz- East Asian Languages
This interactive website includes audio, video, transcriptions, phrasal dictionaries, student pages, assignments and general extended resources for the study of Korean language and culture. Students access specific materials as assigned, and complete their assignments within the website itself for peer and instructor review....

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Access: Private
Released: September 2007

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VITAL: Early Childhood Mathematics Education
VITAL: Early Childhood Mathematics Education Partner: Herb Ginsburg- Teachers College
The National Science Foundation is supporting CCNMTL and Herbert P. Ginsburg, Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, with a grant to continue the development of Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning (VITAL): A Learning Environment for Courses in Early Childhood Mathematics Education. The project's main goal is to...

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Access: Columbia only
Released: September 2006
Virtual Techniques in Dentistry (VirTechs)
Virtual Techniques in Dentistry (VirTechs) Partner: Dory Calev, Stanley Freeman, Richard Lichtenthal, Shantanu Lal- College of Dental Medicine
CCNMTL and the College of Dental Medicine collaborated to create Virtual Techniques in Dentistry (VirTechs). This interactive web-based dental laboratory manual provides students with access to detailed instruction on procedures and treatments. The VirTechs collection includes video demonstrations, instructions, and supplementary materials for learning the dental procedures that are covered...

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Access: Open to all
Released: August 2006

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Connect: Social Support Network Map
Connect: Social Support Network Map Partner: Susan Witte- School of Social Work
The Social Support Network Map is used in conjunction with student role plays to teach students the technique of social support network mapping to reduce risky behavior. The map was used originally in Professor Witte's Advanced Clinical Practice course (T7113), but can be used in many classroom settings. The Social...

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Access: Columbia only
Released: November 2005

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Teaching Assistant Training Environment
Teaching Assistant Training Environment Partner: Jane Kenefick- Arts and Sciences
In partnership with MIT and Columbia's American Language Program, CCNMTL produced an online learning environment to support novice teaching assistants. TASK, the TA Strategy Kit, is a web-based tool designed to help teaching assistants, new faculty, and novice instructors become better teachers. TASK features short, annotated videos that model good...

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Access: Private
Released: October 2005

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Personalized Lifelong Learning Plans for Dentists
Personalized Lifelong Learning Plans for Dentists Partner: John Zimmerman- College of Dental Medicine
Supported by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), the Personal Lifelong Learning Project (PL3P) serves as a portal for post-graduate dental residents in the Advanced Education and General Dentistry, General Practice Residency, and Graduate Prosthodontics programs at Columbia. The goal of the project is...

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Access: Open to all
Released: August 2005

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Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope Partner: Daniela Noe- Barnard College
Kaleidoscope/Caleidoscopio is an innovative film-based curriculum for language instruction. Kaleidoscope immerses the student in an all-Italian site that features a series of activities based on the close analysis of Italian comedies from 1950 to 2000. As students watch selected film clips, they can choose whether to view the clip with...

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Access: Columbia only
Released: January 2005

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Comprehensive Understanding of Physical Examination
Comprehensive Understanding of Physical Examination Partner: Carmen Ortiz-Neu- College of Physicians & Surgeons
Comprehensive Understanding of Physical Examination (CUPEx) prototype is an online video-based tool aimed at improving the teaching and learning of physical examination skills to medicine, nursing, and dentistry students. This prototype module covers the cardiovascular system and features streaming video demonstrations, study guides, quizzes, and relevant anatomical, basic science, and...

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Access: Columbia only
Released: March 2004

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Library Compass
Library Compass Partner: Anice Mills- Library Compass, a resource to develop and enhance academic research skills, was developed by CCNMTL in conjunction with the Columbia University Libraries. It is an online environment that serves as an orientation tool to aid students in honing their research skills for academic scholarship. Through learning activities and detailed explanations,...

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Access: Open to all
Released: January 2004

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Chinese Language Training Environment
Chinese Language Training Environment Partner: C. P. Sobelman- Arts and Sciences
This training environment will offer students in the courses "Intermediate Chinese" and "Readings in Modern Chinese" continued exposure to materials outside of the classroom. With a strong emphasis on relevance to in-class work, materials online will include Chinese texts with hyper-linked glossaries and audio recordings, multiple choice and matching exercises,...

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Access: Open to all
Released: September 2002

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Organizing Engineering Presentations
Organizing Engineering Presentations Partner: Lewis Freeman- School of Engineering and Applied Science
Organization is key to effective presentations. The "Organizing Engineering Presentations" learning environment encourages students to understand the audience's expectations and perspectives, helps them to plan and structured presentation outlines, and prepares them to deliver an effective, well organized presentation....

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Access: Columbia only
Released: September 2002

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Chemistry Library Tutorial
Chemistry Library Tutorial Partner: Jayashri Nagaraja- Arts and Sciences
This tutorial was designed to introduce students to research sources in the field of Chemistry. Students can find direct links to primary sources or information about locations where the materials can be found. There are also a number of exercises that allow students to test their own knowledge about chemistry...

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Access: Open to all
Released: March 2002

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Nursing Clinical Rotation Palm Database
Nursing Clinical Rotation Palm Database Partner: Sarah Cook, Suzanne Bakken, Lesly Curtis- School of Nursing
A personal digital assistant (PDA) environment will enable Nursing students to report on their experiences at clinical rotation sites. Both faculty and students will have the ability to track their experiences and generate reports on the fly. As a result, site and preceptor evaluations will be completed more accurately and...

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Released: January 2002
Archived, no longer available.
Major Minor Training Environment
Major Minor Training Environment Partner: Walter Frisch- Arts and Sciences
This training environment helps Music Humanities students learn to distinguish major and minor in musical composition, a common obstacle for students who lack prior experience or training in music. It contains seven lessons, each of which uses audio and video-enhanced examples, and practice exercises to reinforce understanding....

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Access: Open to all
Released: October 2001

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