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Videos of Frank A. Moretti Symposium Now Available

Videos of Frank A. Moretti: A Classicist as Educational Innovator, a symposium honoring the work and life of the late executive director of the Columbia... MORE

Faculty Support Lab Holiday Schedule

Winter break is just around the corner, and CCNMTL's Faculty Support Lab in 204 Butler Library will be taking a holiday, too. **CCNMTL Faculty Support... MORE

Columbia’s Sachs, Racaniello to Start New Year with New MOOCs

In January, two new MOOCs from Columbia University professors will launch on Coursera: Vincent Racaniello’s Virology: How Viruses Cause Disease, on January 9, and Jeffrey... MORE

Chris Dede, Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard, to Speak at Columbia Dec. 12

Chris Dede, a Harvard University professor and leading scholar of learning technologies, will speak at Columbia University on Thursday, December 12 at 3:00PM in 203... MORE

Columbia Faculty to Discuss Innovative Uses of Technology for Teaching at Showcase on Dec. 6

Columbia University faculty and instructors and invited to join the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) for the "RewirED Faculty... MORE

CCNMTL Director Presents Columbia’s Online Learning Landscape to FIT Faculty

Last Friday, Maurice Matiz, acting executive director of the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL), gave the keynote presentation at... MORE

Melissa Begg, Mailman Vice Dean for Education and CCNMTL Faculty Partner, Wins Teaching Award

Melissa Begg, Vice Dean for Education at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health and Professor of Biostatistics, was recently awarded the 2013 "Association of... MORE

Frank A. Moretti Memorial Symposium to Be Held at Columbia Nov. 18

A symposium honoring the work and life of Frank A. Moretti, late executive director of the "Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL)... MORE

Online Training Programs Aim to Develop a Skilled Public Health Workforce

Approximately 8,600 individuals comprise the public health workforce in New York City and surrounding counties. These workers provide crucial health services - vaccines, mental health... MORE

Columbia Launches Websites Dedicated to Edward M. Kennedy Prize-Winning Plays

This month the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning launched two new websites dedicated to the inaugural winning plays of the "Edward... MORE

rewirED Deconstructs the Discussion Board

Recently, the CCNMTL team presented the third installment of their ongoing rewirED Series, focusing on the theme “Deconstructing the Discussion Board.” Led by CCNMTL Educational... MORE

CCNMTL’s Tucker Harding Presents at Columbia Conflict Resolution Conference

Tucker Harding, an educational technologist at the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL), presented a workshop at a conference on conflict resolution... MORE

New Units Added to Online Dental Training Programs MATCH and PASS

For the past three years, the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) has worked with Dr. Burton Edelstein, a professor at the... MORE

Columbia Giving Day - October 23, 2013

Wednesday, October 23 is Columbia Giving Day. Giving Day rallies alumni, parents, students, and friends in support of the Columbia's programs and we think supporting... MORE

October is a Busy Month for MOOCs

October is a busy month at Columbia for MOOCs (massive open online courses), with three new Coursera courses starting up just days apart. On October... MORE

CU Public Affairs Now Managing Columbia YouTube Channel

As of October 1, Columbia University’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs will manage all content on the Columbia University YouTube channel. Columbia departments, individuals,... MORE

Audrey Watters, Education Writer, to Speak at Columbia Oct. 16

Audrey Watters, a leading freelance writer in the education field and author of the blog Hack Education, will speak at Columbia University on Wednesday, October... MORE

Website Provides Climate Change Information, Direct from Top Scientists

In the last few years, media coverage of climate change has proliferated. For climate scientists like Stephanie Pfirman, a professor of Environmental Science at... MORE

CCNMTL Partners with CUMC-IT to Support Audience Response System

Columbia University Medical Center Information Technology (CUMC-IT) and the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) are pleased to announce a new... MORE

Economics of Money and Banking MOOC Launches Sept. 1

On September 1, Columbia University will launch a new massive open online course (MOOC) on Coursera. The course, Economics of Money and Banking, Part One,... MORE

CCNMTL Staff Discuss Collaboration Strategies at New Media in Jewish Studies Collaborative

Last week, four CCNMTL staff members presented collaboration strategies to a group of Jewish Studies professors from universities across the U.S. The presentations were part... MORE

Who's Taking Columbia's Virology I MOOC?

The Virology I Coursera MOOC, taught by Columbia Professor Vincent Racaniello, launched on August 1. The course is now in its third week, and data... MORE

Discover New Teaching and Learning Technologies at the CCNMTL Fall Premiere

The Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) invites Columbia University faculty, instructors, and teaching assistants to attend the Fall Premiere, an... MORE

New Website Provides Online Training for Doctors Caring for People With HIV

Doctors and nurses in New York and New Jersey will have a new way to learn about the latest hepatitis C treatments thanks to learn.nynjaetc.org,... MORE

Virology on Coursera Starts Today

Columbia University’s fourth course to be offered as a massive open online course (MOOC) on Coursera, Virology I: How Viruses Work, started today. The course... MORE

CCNMTL Staff Present Online Tools at Columbia Business School Conference

On July 11, Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) staff members Michael Cennamo and Adrienne Garber presented a workshop at the Columbia... MORE

CCNMTL Thanks

The CCNMTL staff is most grateful for the outpouring of support in response to the death of our executive director, Frank A. Moretti. Below is... MORE

Article on Country X Published in Simulation & Gaming

An article co-authored by Tucker Harding, a senior educational technologist at the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, and Mark Whitlock, Coordinator of... MORE

Frank A. Moretti (1943-2013)

The Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) mourns the loss of its leader and executive director, Frank A. Moretti, Ph.D. Dr. Moretti... MORE

SENCER Newsletter Features Brownfield Action

The newsletter of Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER) recently featured an article on Brownfield Action, a project developed by... MORE

Mediathread Presented at Digital Content Workshop in Philadelphia

On June 21, Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) staff members Jonah Bossewitch and Tucker Harding presented Mediathread in Philadelphia at a... MORE

Columbia University Adds Virology to Open Online Course Offerings

NEW YORK, June 27, 2013 - Enrollment has opened for Columbia University’s fourth course to be offered as a massive open online course (MOOC) as... MORE

Exploring Digital Tools for Jewish Education and Scholarship

On June 11, 2013, CCNMTL hosted faculty from three Jewish higher education institutions for a workshop on tools and approaches for using technology to enhance... MORE

CCNMTL Presents Mediathread Data at Columbia Libraries Assessment Forum

Staff from across Columbia University Libraries and Information Systems (CUL/IS) gathered to present posters at the organization’s first assessment and service improvement mini-conference on June... MORE

Get Ready to Dive In! Mediathread Summer 2013 Release is Here

The Summer 2013 version of Mediathread, CCNMTL’s platform for exploration and examination of web-based multimedia content, has officially been released! The newest version of the... MORE

New Speech Pathology Site Brings Columbia Researcher’s Expertise to Students, Families, and Practitioners

Catherine Crowley is an expert in speech-language pathology. Crowley, a distinguished senior lecturer at Teachers College, Columbia University, focuses particularly on children and adolescents who... MORE

Videos: Jeffrey Selingo and Candace Thille Talks on Technology and Higher Ed

This spring, Columbia Chief Digital Officer Sree Sreenivasan and the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) sponsored a speaker series at Columbia... MORE

Candace Thille, Director of Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative, to Speak at Columbia May 14

Candace Thille, Director of the Open Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University, will present a talk about her work at OLI at Columbia... MORE

With Virtual Forest Initiative, NYC Students Become Citizen Scientists

This spring, New York City students and teachers will head to the forest to encounter mammals - and science lessons - in their natural habitat,... MORE

Jeffrey Selingo to Speak at Columbia May 8

Jeffrey Selingo, an author, reporter, and editor at large of The Chronicle of Higher Education, will present a talk on the future of higher... MORE

CCNMTL to Collaborate with Jewish Higher Ed Institutions on eLearning Faculty Fellowship

The Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) is partnering with the Jewish Theological Seminary’s Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, "Hebrew Union... MORE

Late Spring '13 Courseworks Workshops for Faculty

CCNMTL is offering four Courseworks workshops to help Columbia faculty and instructors manage their courses as the Spring semester wraps up. A new workshop, “Courseworks... MORE

Talk: iversity's MOOC Production Fellowship

Next Tuesday, April 23rd at 2pm, iversity's Open Courses and MOOC Production Fellowship will be featured during a presentation led by Hannes Klöpper, iversity's... MORE

Video: Daphne Koller, Coursera Co-Founder, Presents Talk on Online Learning at Columbia

This week Daphne Koller, Stanford University professor and co-founder of massive open online course (MOOC) platform Coursera, presented a talk at Columbia on how the... MORE

Daphne Koller, Coursera Co-founder, to Speak at Columbia April 16

Daphne Koller, Stanford University professor and co-founder of massively open online course (MOOC) platform Coursera, will speak at Columbia University on Tuesday, April 16... MORE

Spring rewirED Seminars Continue: Social Environments for Academics, Assessment, the Flipped Classroom, and More!

CCNMTL’s Spring Semester rewirED series continues next week, and Columbia faculty and instructors are invited to join these seminars on the intersection of technology... MORE

Courseworks e-Portfolio Tool Presentation March 27 at 3:00PM

Columbia faculty, staff, and administrators are invited learn about using the portfolio tool in Courseworks for student learning and assessment at a session presented... MORE

Connecting NYC Students to the Forest, Virtual and Real

For some middle and high school students in New York City, the forest might as well be a foreign country. But thanks to an educational... MORE

The Bwog: What's So New About New CourseWorks?

This week The Bwog, Columbia's undergraduate student blog, published an interview with CCNMTL Director of Services Dan Beeby on "the what, how and why"... MORE

Film Language Glossary Made Available for Public Use

The Film Language Glossary website is now available for general public use. Developed in 2005 by CCNMTL and Columbia School of the Arts Professor Richard... MORE

rewirED on the Road: School of Social Work

This week, rewirED, CCNMTL’s seminar series about the intersection of technology and teaching, went on the road to "Columbia’s School of Social Work (SSW)... MORE

Major Minor Music iBook Released to Apple’s iBookstore

Major Minor Music, a mini course that was created to help students in Columbia’s Music Humanities courses learn to hear the difference between major... MORE

Spring Release of Mediathread Includes New Look, Course Migration Feature

The Spring 2013 version of Mediathread, CCNMTL’s open-source platform for exploration, analysis, and organization of web-based multimedia content, was recently released and is now in... MORE

CCNMTL Staff Present Mediathread at THATCamp CAA “Unconference”

This week CCNMTL’s Adrienne Garber and Mark Phillipson presented Mediathread during THATCamp CAA, an “unconference” preceding the College Art Association’s annual conference in New York... MORE

Columbia Community Explores Education and Technology at NME 2013

Last week was CCNMTL’s 6th biennial New Media in Education Conference, a premier event for the Center that we look forward to every two years... MORE

CCNMTL Presents Sixth New Media in Education Conference

On Friday, February 1, Columbia University Chief Digital Officer Sree Sreenivasan and Laurie Burruss of lynda.com will speak at Columbia as part of a day-long... MORE

Register Now for Early Spring Faculty Workshops

Get started on your Spring Semester course and register now for CCNMTL's faculty workshops! Learn the essentials of managing your course website with CourseWorks, and... MORE

CourseWorks Improvements for the New Year

On December 27, CUIT made several improvements to CourseWorks, Columbia’s course management system, which has returned to its regular address at https://courseworks.columbia.edu. The system... MORE