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With Project Rebirth Columbia and Georgetown Offer Students a Closer Look at Post 9-11 Recovery

December 16, 2008. Project Rebirth, the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL), and Georgetown University have partnered to create an educational initiative... MORE

Design Research Site Improved

December 8, 2008. The Design Research section of the CCNMTL website has been updated to include a more comprehensive set of published papers and conference... MORE

December 18 Seminar: Facilitating Critical Reflection Online

November 25, 2008. CCNMTL and the Center for Education Research and Evaluation are co-sponsoring a new seminar, Facilitating Critical Reflection Online, for faculty and instructors... MORE

Columbia on iTunes U Proves to Be a Hit

November 21, 2008. Columbia on iTunes U, launched by CCNMTL in September 2008, has already become a hit. In recent weeks, Columbia podcasts have earned... MORE

NME 2008 Conference Audio and Video Recordings Now Online

November 18, 2008. Visit the New Media in Education: Connecting a Global Community conference website for newly posted audio and video recordings of the conference... MORE

Mid-Semester Faculty Workshops Extended to November 12-13

November 10, 2008. If you missed the workshops at our recent NME 2008 conference, or would like to learn more about teaching tools like iTunes... MORE

CCNMTL's Fourth New Media in Education Conference a Success

October 30, 2008. The Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) hosted its fourth New Media in Education Conference on October 17, 2008... MORE

Columbia on iTunes U Listed in iTunes Store

October 27, 2008. Columbia on iTunes U is now accessible through the iTunes Store. The University's iTunes platform was added last week to the directory... MORE

CCNMTL Partners with Earth Institute on New Master's Degree

October 23, 2008.The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded the Earth Institute at Columbia University a $3.275 million grant to create a... MORE

Press Release: CCNMTL Partners with Earth Institute on New Master's Degree

October 23, 2008. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded the Earth Institute at Columbia University a $3.275 million grant to create... MORE

CCNMTL Partners with Social Work Faculty on $3.3 Million Grant

October 20, 2008. A $3.3 million, five-year grant was awarded to Dr. Nabila El-Bassel of the Columbia University School of Social Work by the National... MORE

CCNMTL Hosts New Media in Education 2008 on October 17

September 18, 2008. CCNMTL will host its fourth New Media in Education conference on Friday, October 17, 2008 in the Low Memorial Library at Columbia... MORE

New Technologies Announced at Fall Premiere 2008

September 18, 2008. CCNMTL rolled out the latest teaching technologies at the Fall Premiere, an annual event for faculty to learn about new services and... MORE

Columbia on iTunes U Featured in Columbia Spectator

September 18, 2008. The Columbia Spectator featured CCNMTL and the University's newest podcasting platform, Columbia on iTunes U, in a recent article titled "New Media... MORE

CCNMTL Launches Columbia On iTunes U

September 15, 2008. The Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) launched Columbia University's new site on iTunes U in early September. The... MORE

Questions About CourseWorks? Download a CourseWorks QuickStart Guide

August 19, 2008. Find answers to your questions about CourseWorks in a CourseWorks QuickStart Guide. These guides range from basic set-up steps to more in-depth... MORE

Fall Faculty Workshops: CourseWorks, Wikispaces, iTunes U, and More

August 13, 2008. Get ready for the fall semester with Faculty and Instructor Workshops. Attend our workshops to learn how to engage your students and... MORE

University of Buenos Aires Seeks CCNMTL's Guidance in Development of Innovation in Technology and Teaching Center

August 12, 2008. CCNMTL's co-founders Frank Moretti and Maurice Matiz were invited by the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) to help guide the creation of... MORE

Columbia on iTunes U Beta Released

August 4, 2008. Earlier this week, a beta version of the Columbia on iTunes U site was released to allow for some wider testing and... MORE

Frank Moretti Featured in Crain's Article

July 28, 2008. CCNMTL's executive director, Frank Moretti, was quoted in Crain's Education Report published on July 21, 2008. The article, "Schools Plug Into Digital... MORE

New Faculty Seminar: Using Online Video for Clinical Training

July 8, 2008. On July 22, CCNMTL will host a new faculty seminar that focuses on CCNMTL's web-based video analysis system, VITAL (Video Interactions for... MORE

CCNMTL Collaborates with WGBH and UMASS Boston to Activate Vietnam Digital Archive

June 25, 2008. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has recently awarded a National Leadership Grant to the WGBH Educational Foundation Media Library... MORE

HISTP Welcomes Its Second Cohort of Trainees and Mentors

June 13, 2008. The HIV Intervention Science Training Program (HISTP) at Columbia University introduced its second cohort of trainees and mentors to the HISTPCommons website... MORE

Summer Faculty Workshops on Morningside Campus

June 13, 2008. Columbia faculty and instructors: consider enhancing your course with technology this summer. CCNMTL will host faculty development workshops on July 7 and... MORE

CCNMTL Presents at Annual New Media Consortium Conference

June 13, 2008. On June 12 and 13, several CCNMTL staff members traveled to Princeton University to present at the 2008 New Media Consortium (NMC)... MORE

CCNMTL Hosts Simulations Seminar for CUMC Instructors

June 3, 2008. CCNMTL will host an educational seminar and discussion on simulations on June 24 at the Armory on the CUMC campus. This event... MORE

Columbia Wikispaces Workshops Now at CUMC

May 29, 2008. On June 10 and 17, CUMC faculty and instructors are invited to attend Wikispaces: Getting Started workshops hosted by the CCNMTL. These... MORE

Summer Faculty Workshops: May 27-28

May 12, 2008. Calling all faculty and instructors: attend a faculty workshop on May 27 and 28 and learn how to effectively use online course... MORE

Columbia on iTunes U Coming Fall 2008

May 6, 2008. CCNMTL will release the Columbia on iTunes U site in September 2008, allowing students to easily search, download, and play course content... MORE

Final 2007-2008 University Seminar -- Open Libraries, Active Learning, and the Public Good: New Paths

May 1, 2008. CCNMTL will hold the final University Seminar for New Media Teaching and Learning session in the 2007-2008 academic year. CCNMTL Executive Director... MORE

CCNMTL Hosts Technology and Learning Event for CUMC Faculty

April 28, 2008. The Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) hosted Innovation in the CUMC Classroom on April 22, 2008 in the... MORE

Innovation in the CUMC Classroom hosted by CCNMTL

April 18, 2008. CCNMTL will host "Innovation in the CUMC Classroom" on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at the Armory Track and Field Center. Columbia University... MORE

Barnard Announces New and Improved Brownfield Action 3.0

April 10, 2008. The Barnard College News Center released an article on its website featuring the CCNMTL-developed environmental simulation, Brownfield Action 3.0. The article, "New... MORE

CCNMTL Launches Multimedia Journalism Case Studies

April 7, 2008. Eight recently completed multimedia case studies are being piloted by Professor Michael Shapiro in his graduate journalism course "Decision Making in the... MORE

NYPL.org Lists MAAP as City Resource

April 2, 2008. The New York City Public Library included a link to CCNMTL's Mapping the African American Past (MAAP) project on the New York... MORE

Columbia Spectator Checks in with MAAP

March 31, 2008. The Columbia Daily Spectator described the breadth of historical information available though CCNMTL's multimedia learning environment, Mapping the African American Past (MAAP).... MORE

South Africa Trip Informs Drug Adherence Project

March 31, 2008. CCNMTL staff accompanied Dr. Robert Remien, research scientist at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, on a fact-finding mission to... MORE

The Record Features CCNMTL's Millennium Village and VITAL Projects

March 31, 2008. The Columbia University Record explored CCNMTL's mission through the lens of such projects as the Millennium Village and Video Interactions for Teaching... MORE

University Seminar on March 20: Image-Driven Scholarship and the MIT Visualizing Cultures Project

March 20, 2008. History professor John Dower and Visualizing Cultures Program Director Scott Shunk, both of MIT will discuss lessons learned from five years of... MORE

Public Website Is Result of Anne Nelson Course

March 18, 2008. Social networking, the Internet, and cell phones are just a few of the technologies seeping into the everyday lives of citizens in... MORE

Attend CCNMTL Symposium at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting

March 13, 2008. On Wednesday, March 26, CCNMTL will host a symposium entitled "Video as a Manipulative: An Innovative System to Transform University Courses in... MORE

Global Classroom Project Highlighted by Columbia Record

March 7, 2008. The Columbia University Record recently published an article about the Global Classroom, a partnership project between CCNMTL and the Earth Institute that... MORE

NYCvisit.com Recommends MAAP

March 7, 2008. CCNMTL's Mapping the African American Past project was recommended on NYCvisit.com as a way for tourists to add historical sight-seeing to their... MORE

MAAP Featured in The Record

March 7, 2008. The front page of The Record featured an article on Mapping the African American Past (MAAP), describing the project's history and its... MORE

New York Times Article Features MAAP Project

March 5, 2008. Mapping the African American Past (MAAP) is a public website created by CCNMTL and partners to enhance the appreciation and study of... MORE

MAAP Discussed on City Room

March 4, 2008. The New York Times featured the launch of CCNMTL's Mapping the African American Past project on its blog, City Room. Writer Glenn... MORE

Mapping the African American Past launches on Web and iTunes

February 28, 2008. Mapping the African American Past (MAAP), to be released in coming weeks, is a Web site that enhances the appreciation and study... MORE

Spring Courses Evaluating Sakai

A number of spring semester courses are using Sakai, a collaboration and learning environment, which is being considered for the eventual update to CourseWorks. These... MORE

University Seminar: Sacred Landscapes

February 7, 2008. Professor Courtney Bender, in a talk subtitled "Spatial Data, Student Collaboration, and New Investigations of Religious Life", will examine recent emphasis on... MORE

February Workshops: Register Now

February 1, 2008. From February 11-15 we will host a second round of CourseWorks and Columbia Wikispaces workshops for faculty and instructors. All workshops are... MORE

Press Release: New Global Classroom On Sustainable Development

January 29, 2008. The Earth Institute's Commission on Education for International Development Professionals and the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) launch... MORE

New Global Classroom On Sustainable Development

January 29, 2008. Students around the world can now have a live interactive discussion with the top thinkers in the field of sustainable development—without ever... MORE