Bulletins

Themed monthly bulletins

The Power of Open Educational Resources: January 2022 Bulletin

Resources to Enhance Teaching and Learning at Clark UniversityOpen Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials- digital or otherwise- that are freely accessible in the public domain and are published under open licenses such as the Creative Commons license (Lumen Learning, 2016). Resources in the OER can be used, improved, and re-shared by…

Active Learning Techniques: November 2021 Bulletin

Resources to Enhance Teaching and Learning at Clark UniversityWhat is Active Learning? Active learning is a pedagogical approach that focuses not only on what students are learning, but on how they learn. Research has shown that the transmission of understanding is not achievable by simply telling students what they need to know (Cambridge Assessment, 2021).…

Raising Rigor in the Classroom: October 2021 Bulletin

Resources to Enhance Teaching and Learning at Clark UniversityThe term “academic rigor” has been circulating its way through academia for at least a decade, yet many faculty grapple with what the term means for their own practice. A nuanced understanding of rigor can help us rethink our expectations of students and reconsider what we consider…