News and Features
Angelina Craig-Flórez on Transforming a Research Paper Assignment into a Student-Generated Class eBook
Angelina Craig-Flórez talks about her course, Spain in its Art, which covers the history of Spain and Spanish art from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century.
Material Analysis: Studying the Japanese Tea Ceremony
Ariel Stilerman introduces his students to the Japanese tea ceremony leveraging the Mediathread platform and access to New York City.
CTL releases mid-semester update for Mediathread
The CTL has just released a mid-semester update for Mediathread, the collaborative multimedia analysis platform used in hundreds of courses.
Mediathread updates increase interoperability
The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) has just released a mid-semester update for Mediathread, the collaborative multimedia analysis platform used in hundreds of courses at Columbia as well as at other universities. This release features a new Google Chrome...
Exploring MOOCs and Critical Historical Thinking
Tim Shenk, a graduate student in the Department of History, worked on one of Columbia’s major forays into online education.
Using iClickers to Teach Mandarin Chinese with Shaoyan Qi and Chen Wu
Two Hybrid Learning Awardees experiment with an audience response system (ARS) to improve their introductory language course.
Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey
A traveling art exhibition celebrating the work of Romare Bearden leads to the formation of a digital exhibition, an online media repository, and new films and video showcasing faculty at Columbia University.
Columbia Reruns Professor Eric Foner’s Popular Civil War and Reconstruction MOOC Series
The Civil War and Reconstruction series will begin with A House Divided: The Road to Civil War, 1850-1861.
Instructional Innovators Brent and Melissa Stockwell Highlighted in Columbia News
A Hybrid Learning Awardee and his wife, both faculty at Columbia, are experimenting with new ways of teaching in their courses.