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Office of Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation

Through state-of-the-art programming and a pioneering approach to teaching, the Office of Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation (OCPI) is transforming teaching, learning, and assessment in liberal education.

AAC&U Advancing Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation

Creating foundations for excellence: Through research, capacity-building, and advocacy, the Office of Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation (OCPI) provides actionable innovations in teaching, learning, and assessment to improve undergraduate liberal education for all students.

Programs & Initiatives

  • Value: AAC&U's Authentic Assessment Initiative
    VALUE Initiative
    VALUE Initiative

    VALUE is an authentic approach to assessment designed to articulate and measure the skills, abilities, and dispositions that students need and that parents, policymakers, and employers demand.

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  • Open Educational Resources
    Open Educational Resources

    The adoption of open educational resources (OER)—materials that are free or low-cost for faculty and students to use, customize, and share—is a foundational strategy for improving student equity and college affordability.

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    Faculty Professional Development
    Faculty Professional Development

    From assignment (re)design to course-level enhancements to curricular reform, OCPI applies a holistic approach to build faculty capacity.

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    ePortfolios
    ePortfolios

    Both a product—an archive of learning artifacts—and a process that supports student learning, ePortfolios digitally curate student work to provide an authentic representation of learning outcomes.

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