News and Features
New MOOCs Provide Training for Healthcare Providers on HIV Treatment and Prevention
ICAP at Columbia University has developed two new self-paced MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are set to launch April 4, 2018, on the edX platform. Based on up-to-date guidelines from the World Health Organization, one course provides training for pediatric HIV nursing care and treatment while the other is focused on antiretroviral therapy for treating and preventing HIV.
Global Muckraking MOOC Relaunches April 4
Columbia University’s Global Muckraking: Investigative Journalism and Global Media MOOC (massive open online course), which received worldwide participation during its initial release, will once again be offered on the edX platform on April 4. The course is free and open to all learners.
This Week for Graduate Students: April 2, 2018
Applications are now open for the 2018 Innovative Teaching Summer Institute! In this week’s update, we invite graduate students to a four-week seminar at CUMC to engage in evidence-based practices in STEM instruction, an upcoming Teachers’ Lounge on the difference between TAs and Tutors, and more.
This Week for Faculty: April 2, 2018
This week, we’re highlighting CTL workshops that offer practical strategies for addressing implicit bias and microaggressions in the classroom, as well as opportunities to work on your Hybrid Learning and Start Small! Mini Grant proposals. We also invite you to join upcoming conversations on negotiating systemic bias in teaching, navigating CourseWorks (Canvas), and teaching with the case study method.
A Conversation with Ashwin Damera on Small Private Online Courses
On April 12, Ashwin Damera, Executive Director of the Emeritus Institute of Management, will visit Columbia University for a conversation on how his company is using and popularizing SPOCs (Small Private Online Courses). He will share insights on what makes SPOCs different from MOOCs, the future of SPOCs, and where they fit in the higher education landscape.
Student Spotlight: Allison DeWitt, Ph.D. Candidate in Italian and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
In this Spotlight story, Allison DeWitt, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Italian and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, shares how her experiences organizing the CTL’s Innovative Teaching Summer Institute and serving as a Senior Teaching Observation Fellow strengthened her own teaching practice. She also shares tips for engaging and motivating students, collecting feedback, and giving students more active roles in the classroom.
This Week for Faculty: March 26, 2018
This week, we’re highlighting CTL workshops that offer practical strategies for addressing implicit bias and microaggressions in the classroom, as well as opportunities to work on your Hybrid Learning and Start Small! Mini Grant proposals. We also invite you to join upcoming conversations on negotiating systemic bias in teaching, navigating CourseWorks (Canvas), and teaching with the case study method.
This Week for Graduate Students: March 26, 2018
Your last chance to participate in a microteaching session is Thursday! Plus, a four-week seminar on evidence-based practices in STEM instruction on the CUMC campus, a conversation on the difference between TAs and Tutors, and more.
New Teaching Resources for Columbia Instructors: Contemplative Pedagogy, Blended Learning
The Center for Teaching and Learning has published two new resources for instructors on contemplative pedagogy and blended learning approaches. The resources provide a concise introduction to pedagogical approaches and practical strategies to help instructors to address the teaching and learning issues that they face in their classroom.