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CCNMTL Holiday Schedule and Website Outages

December 23, 2009. The CCNMTL Faculty Support Lab in 204 Butler Library will close on Wednesday, December 23 at 3 PM and will re-open on... MORE

Columbia on YouTube Now Offers Auto-Captioning

December 9, 2009. The Columbia on YouTube channel is one of a handful of YouTube educational partners that have been enabled to use the... MORE

Columbia News Singles Out Multimedia Connect on World AIDS Day

December 2, 2009. Multimedia Connect, the web-based HIV intervention project co-developed by CCNMTL, was the focus of yesterday's Columbia News article, "Professor Teams With... MORE

Open Culture Features Havel at Columbia

December 1, 2009. Havel at Columbia, a multimedia resource developed by CCNMTL and the Columbia University Arts Initiative to support former Czech President Václav... MORE

TC Today Profiles Executive Director Frank Moretti

November 23, 2009. Named a "worldwide force in digital education," CCNMTL Executive Director Frank Moretti is at the center of the recent TC Today... MORE

Website on Tobacco Cessation Treatment Launches at Dental School

A new self-study website developed to teach dental students about tobacco cessation assessment and treatment launched this week at the "Columbia College of Dental... MORE

CCNMTL Faculty Partner Joan Ferrante Receives Grant to Enhance Epistolae

November 9, 2009. Joan Ferrante, Columbia professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, has received a $40,000 grant to build on Epistolae, the... MORE

CCNMTL Releases Developers Blog, CompilED

November 05, 2009. CCNMTL recently launched CompilED, a new blog where the Center's programmers and web designers reflect on their experiences developing educational technology... MORE

Health Facilitators Trained to Use New Multimedia WORTH Intervention

November 4, 2009. CCNMTL and the Social Intervention Group (SIG) at the Columbia School of Social Work trained health facilitators in New York City last... MORE

Register Now for Workshops on CourseWorks, Wikispaces, and Podcasting

October 29, 2009. How can you use course management tools, wikis, and podcasting to enhance your teaching and meet your course objectives? Find out by... MORE

CCNMTL Accepts Award for Innovative Use of Archives

October 27, 2009. CCNMTL received the 2009 Award for Innovative Use of Archives from the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York last Friday... MORE

Students Learn From Apollo Theater Project's Historic Interviews

October 26, 2009. The Apollo Theater Project, a multifaceted effort to preserve and disseminate the history of the Apollo Theater and its Harlem community,... MORE

CCNMTL and CICR Present Country X Simulation to West African States

October 19, 2009. Tucker Harding of CCNMTL and Mark Whitlock of the Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) traveled to Dakar, Senegal to present... MORE

CCNMTL Benefactor: Lionel I. Pincus, 1931-2009

October 16, 2009. CCNMTL mourns the passing of Lionel I. Pincus, chairman emeritus of the Trustees of Columbia University and CCNMTL benefactor. Mr. Pincus' $10... MORE

Multimedia Website on Ambedkar's "The Annihiliation of Caste" Featured in Online Exhibit

October 14, 2009. The Annihilation of Caste —the CCNMTL-developed multimedia study environment (MSE) that provides digital text of the undelivered 1936 speech by Dr. Bhimrao... MORE

New Ground|Work Simulation Launches in SIPA course

October 12, 2009. A new simulation called Ground|Work launched this week in Professor Marc Levy's Environment, Conflict, and Resolution Strategies course offered at Columbia's School... MORE

Teachers College Partners with CCNMTL on Grant for Teacher Training

October 8, 2009. The Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) will receive a share of a $9.75 million Teacher Quality Partnership... MORE

NYC Students Explore Brownfield Action Simulation

September 30, 2009. Two groups of New York City high school students will use the CCNMTL-developed Brownfield Action simulation this fall. The nationally recognized online... MORE

New Master's Program Offers Global Classroom

September 25, 2009. The Global Master's in Development Practice (MDP) graduate program launched at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) this semester,... MORE

Epiville: Disease Outbreak Simulation Relaunches

September 24, 2009. The Epiville: Disease Outbreak Simulation, developed by CCNMTL in 2003 for the course Principles of Epidemiology and still in use today,... MORE

MAAP Wins Archivist Round Table Award

September 23, 2009. Mapping the African American Past, developed by CCNMTL in partnership with Curriculum Concepts International (CCI) and Teachers College and funded... MORE

EdBlogs and Wikischolars Launches at Columbia

September 22, 2009. The Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) added EdBlogs and Wikischolars, the latter in partnership with the Center for... MORE

Learn How to Take Your Classroom Online with CourseWorks and Wikispaces

September 16, 2009. CU Faculty and Instructors: Register now for introductory workshops on CourseWorks and Columbia Wikispaces and discover how you can continue course... MORE

Project Rebirth Founder Jim Whitaker in the News

September 15, 2009. This past weekend, Project Rebirth filmmaker and founder Jim Whitaker discussed the film's pending release on CBS Unplugged and in the... MORE

CCNMTL Launches Columbia’s Channel on YouTube EDU

September 14, 2009. CCNMTL announced the launch of the Columbia University channel on YouTube EDU this week, giving faculty, students, and the public access... MORE

Project Rebirth Gets Local Attention in Roslyn News

September 11, 2009. Project Rebirth, the documentary film produced by film director Jim Whitaker that chronicles the re-development of the World Trade Center site... MORE

EdBlogs, YouTube EDU, and Wikischolars Announced at the Fall Premiere 2009

September 9, 2009. CCNMTL welcomed professors back to school yesterday with its Fall Premiere, an annual event for Columbia University faculty to learn about... MORE

Students Curate Digital Collections with Harlem Health History

September 8, 2009. Students taking Professor Samuel K. Roberts' course, "Substance Abuse Politics," will have the unique opportunity to engage with previously inaccessible health-related artifacts... MORE

Kick the Semester Off with CCNMTL's Fall Premiere

September 4, 2009. CCNMTL invites the Columbia teaching community to attend the Fall Premiere 2009, an annual event for faculty to explore the latest... MORE

CCNMTL Faculty Partners Call for Media Literacy in Education

August 26, 2009. Teachers College professors and CCNMTL faculty partners Margaret Crocco and William Guadelli penned an editorial in Education Week focusing on the... MORE

Register Now for Faculty Workshops and the Fall Premiere

August 24, 2009. Get ready for the fall semester by attending our Faculty Development Workshop and Fall Premiere series, where you'll learn all you... MORE

Up Close and Personal with the Image Annotation Tool

August 21, 2009. The close study of images is an exercise that spans across disciplines—from examining ancient artifacts to surveying the human anatomy. With the... MORE

Amistad Digital Resource Website Relaunches With New Modules

August 17, 2009. Today the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) and Manning Marable, professor and director of the "Center for... MORE

Columbia on iTunes U Goes Mobile

August 12, 2009. iPhone and iPod Touch users now have direct access to Columbia on iTunes U on their mobile devices, making Columbia podcasts... MORE

BizEd Magazine Highlights CCNMTL Educational Technologist and the Global Classroom Project

July 29, 2009. CCNMTL educational technologist Tucker Harding represented the Center in a recent article on emerging online collaboration tools used in education. In... MORE

Case Study Commended at Maternal Survival Conference in Ethiopia

July 22, 2009. A case study developed by CCNMTL and faculty partners from Columbia University's Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) Program received overwhelmingly... MORE

Digital Tools Training Site Lynda.com Now Available at Columbia University

July 16, 2009. Columbia University faculty, staff, and students now have easy access to video-based training modules on all things technology at Lynda.com. The... MORE

CCNMTL Partner John McArthur Discusses Master's in Development Practice in The Huffington Post

July 14, 2009. For the past year, CCNMTL has worked with the Earth Institute at Columbia University to co-develop and support the pedagogical and technological... MORE

CCNMTL to Present at EDUCAUSE 2009

July 13, 2009. CCNMTL is pleased to announce their upcoming presentation at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference this November. CCNMTL Senior Program Specialist Mark Phillipson... MORE

Register Now for Faculty Development Workshops at CUMC

July 21, 2009. Calling all CUMC Faculty: Register now for CCNMTL Faculty Development Workshops at CUMC on CourseWorks, Wikispaces, and podcasting. These hands-on workshops are... MORE

Virtual Forest Initiative Modules Piloted at Columbia University

July 9, 2009. Undergraduate students in Professor Kevin Griffin’s spring course The Life System, learned to see the forest for the trees using the "Tree... MORE

Masivukeni Pilot Underway in South Africa

July 8, 2009. After more than a year of development, CCNMTL and partners from the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies and the "University... MORE

CCNMTL Project "Rohde to Srebrenica" Highlighted by Professor Anne Nelson

July 2, 2009. In an article recently published on the Livingston Awards website, Columbia University Professor and 1988 Livingston Award Recipient Anne Nelson talks about... MORE

VITAL Featured in Journal of Teacher Education

June 30, 2009. Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning (VITAL), the web-based video analysis and communication system created by CCNMTL and Professor Herb Ginsburg of... MORE

Project Vietnam Launches at Teachers College

June 29, 2009. Project Vietnam, the educational component of a partnership among the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL), WGBH Media Library... MORE

Register for Faculty Workshops: CourseWorks, Wikispaces, iTunes U, and Online Video

July 7, 2009. Expand your course management skills and discover how new media tools can enhance your teaching by attending a CCNMTL Faculty Development Workshop... MORE

Podcasting Station Opens in CCNMTL Faculty Support Lab

June 24, 2009. CCNMTL is pleased to announce the opening of a podcasting station in the Faculty Support Lab in 204 Butler Library. The podcasting... MORE

CCNMTL's Video Analysis Application "VITAL" Open Sourced

June 22, 2009. The Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) is pleased to announce that Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning (VITAL),... MORE

Stay In Touch with CCNMTL This Summer

June 16, 2009. Looking for a way to stay in touch with the latest developments in education and technology at Columbia University? There are several... MORE

CCNMTL Is a Partner of the 2009 Open Video Conference

June 15, 2009. CCNMTL staff will participate, present, and organize events at the Open Video Conference, to be hosted at New York University on June... MORE

Register Now for Faculty Workshops: CourseWorks, Wikispaces, Audio/Video, and More

June 8, 2009. Uncover the best ways to use CourseWorks, Columbia Wikispaces, and audio/video in your classroom during the CCNMTL Faculty Development Workshops this June... MORE

Need Help with Your Course Wiki? Get the New Wikispaces Quickstart Guide

June 2, 2009. CCNMTL recently published a Wikispaces QuickStart Guide for faculty and instructors who want to get started on their course wiki. The... MORE

A New Look for CCNMTL Website

May 27, 2009. CCNMTL has relaunched its website and subsites with a cleaner, sleeker look. A key feature of the refreshed site is a vibrant... MORE

Watch Columbia Commencement Exercises on iTunes U and YouTube

May 21, 2009. Videos from the 2009 Columbia University commencement exercises are now available on Columbia's iTunes U and YouTube channels. The current list of... MORE

Black Rock Forest Celebrates Anniversary with Consortium Partners

May 19, 2009. The Black Rock Forest Consortium celebrated its 20th anniversary by gathering its member institutions, including Columbia University, at a special luncheon last... MORE

CCNMTL Project Analyzing Vietnam War Documentary Footage Highlighted in Teachers College Article

May 13, 2009. Teachers College (TC) press recently posted an article about a summer course that will be taught by TC faculty Margaret Crocco and... MORE

Register Now for Summer Workshops on CourseWorks, Wikispaces, and Podcasting

May 7, 2009. The summer term is quickly approaching, so register now for Faculty Development Workshops on CourseWorks, Columbia Wikispaces, and educational media tools like... MORE

CCNMTL Collects Feedback on Educational Tool for the Prevention of Mass Killing

April 29, 2009. Last week the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) and program coordinator Mark Whitlock of the Center for International... MORE

Film Language Glossary Introductory Video Released

April 28, 2009. CCNMTL recently produced an introductory video on the Film Language Glossary, an web-based film study tool. Developed in 2005 by CCNMTL and... MORE

CCNMTL Hosts Project Rebirth Event and Preview in Miller Theatre on April 15

April 13, 2009. CCNMTL, with partners from Georgetown University, Project Rebirth, and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, hosted a special event entitled "Learning... MORE

New Columbia Channel Now on YouTube EDU

March 27, 2009. CCNMTL announces today the release of the beta version of the Columbia University channel on YouTube. The channel, to be fully released... MORE

University Seminar on March 26 - A Framework for New Learning with Randy Bass of Georgetown University

March 20, 2009. CCNMTL launches its 2009 University Seminar on New Media Teaching and Learning series this month with a discussion on student learning and... MORE

SMART+SA Pilot Launches in South Africa This Week

March 25, 2009. Jessica Rowe, CCNMTL educational technologist and Triangle Initiative project manager, will travel to South Africa this week with Robert Remien, research scientist... MORE

Jazz Studies Online is Featured in The Record

March 13, 2009. Jazz Studies Online, an important website for jazz scholarship on the internet, was featured in the March 12th edition of the _Columbia... MORE

CCNMTL Ghana Health Project in the News

March 6, 2009. A story posted today on the Columbia University Global Impact news website features a project collaboration between CCNMTL and Dr. James Phillips... MORE

Columbia College Student Council and CCNMTL Promote iTunes U

March 6, 2009. In an article published today by the Columbia Spectator, the Columbia College Student Council encouraged faculty, instructors, and event planners to work... MORE

CCNMTL Celebrates a Decade of Innovation at Columbia University

March 3, 2009. This month the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Under the leadership of co-founders... MORE

Press Release: CCNMTL Celebrates a Decade of Innovation at Columbia University

March 3, 2009. This month the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Under the leadership of co-founders... MORE

Faculty Development Workshops on March 2-10: Explore Course Management, Collaboration, and New Media Tools for Teaching

February 27, 2009. Register now for CCNMTL's Faculty Development Workshops on March 2-10 and discover how teaching tools can help you manage your course, engage... MORE

Columbia University Record Article on Professor Samuel Roberts Highlights Collaboration with CCNMTL

February, 24, 2009. The Columbia University Record recently published an article about faculty member Samuel K. Roberts. In the article, Roberts, who is an associate... MORE

CCNMTL Co-Sponsors "The Changing Dynamics of Public Controversies" Event on February 7, 2009

February 3, 2009. CCNMTL is partnering with the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, the Center for Organizational Innovation, and The Alliance Program... MORE

CCNMTL Staff Essays Featured in Anthology on Wikis in Education

January 23, 2009. Digital Culture Books, a joint imprint of the University of Michigan Press and the University of Michigan Library, has just released _Wiki... MORE

Columbia Spectator Highlights Brownfield Action Simulation

January 23, 2009. The Columbia Spectator published an article today about one of Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning's longest-standing education technology project,... MORE

Black Rock Forest Newsletter Highlights Virtual Forest Initiative

March 6, 2009. The winter 2009 newsletter, Black Rock Forest News, highlights CCNMTL's work with three Columbia and Barnard faculty members to develop the Virtual... MORE

CCNMTL Develops Educational Materials and Technologies for the Virtual Forest Initiative

January 14, 2009. CCNMTL has recently begun to develop a suite of web-based learning tools for earth science and ecology courses at Barnard College and... MORE

Get Ready for Spring '09 with Faculty Development Workshops: Register Now

January 6, 2009. Attend a faculty development workshop for basic and advanced instruction on CourseWorks, Columbia Wikispaces, podcasting, and iTunes U, and other featured technologies.... MORE