The OER Knowledge Cloud makes use of cookies. By continuing, you consent to this use. More information.
#GoOpen district launch packet
U.S. Department of Education

PublishedJune 2016
PeriodicalPages 1-41
PublisherOffice of Educational Technology

ABSTRACT
Across the country, districts are choosing to #GoOpen and transitioning to the use of openly licensed educational resources to improve student learning in their schools. Openly licensed educational resources enable districts to reallocate significant funds currently spent on inflexible, static learning materials to resources and activities that accelerate the transition to digital learning. These include implementing new professional learning programs for teachers, developing a robust technology infrastructure to support digital learning, and funding new leadership roles for educators who curate and create openly licensed educational materials.
The #GoOpen District Launch Packet is designed for districts that have decided to implement a systematic approach to incorporating openly licensed educational resources into their curriculum by becoming a #GoOpen District.

Keywords copyright · open platforms · open textbooks · openly licensed educational resources · tool kit

Published atWashington, D.C
Other numberVersion 1.0, Version 1.0
RefereedDoes not apply
RightsThis report is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce this report in whole or in part is granted. While permission to reprint this publication is not necessary, the suggested citation is: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, #GoOpen District Launch Packet, Washington, D.C., 2016.
URLhttp://tech.ed.gov/open-education/go-open-districts/launch/
Export optionsBibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar



AVAILABLE FILES
GoOpen-District-Launch-Packet.pdf · 1.1MB60 downloads



Viewed by 297 distinct readers




CLOUD COMMUNITY REVIEWS

The evaluations below represent the judgements of our readers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cloud editors.

Click a star to be the first to rate this document


POST A COMMENT
SIMILAR RECORDS

#GoOpen district launch packet (Version 1.3)
U.S. Department of Education
Across the country, districts are choosing to #GoOpen and transitioning to the use of openly licensed educational resources to improve student learning in their schools. Openly licensed educational resources enable ...
Match: district; packet; copyright; open platforms; open textbooks; openly licensed educational resources; tool kit

UNESCO OER Toolkit
Park, Jane
This document is aimed at individual academics and decision-makers in higher education institutions that are interested in becoming active participants in the OER world, as publishers and users of OER. At the beginning ...
Match: copyright; tool kit

Why all self respecting economists should support open textbooks
Beshears, Fred
As the title suggests, this post makes the theoretical case for treating online textbooks as a public good, which means that some combination of government and non-profit funding should be used to fund the development ...
Match: copyright; open textbooks

Education ministers’ policy statement on fair dealing
CMEC Copyright Consortium
The Statement underlines the provincial and territorial education ministers' support for teachers' and students' use of the fair dealing provision in the Copyright Act for classroom learning. The consortium is composed ...
Match: copyright; open textbooks

The evolving economics of educational materials and Open Educational Resources: Toward closer alignment with the core values of education
Wiley, David
Introduction Last year Bob Reiser invited me to contribute a chapter to the fourth edition of Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology, to be published by Pearson. I agreed on the conditions that I would ...
Match: copyright; open textbooks

What we teach: K-12 school district curriculum adoption process, 2017
Allen, Elaine I.; Seaman, Jeff
Over three-quarters of K-12 districts have made at least one full-course curricula adoption decision over the past three years, with the need to meet changing standards driving most of these decisions, according to the ...
Match: district

Economic impacts of the Canadian educational sector's fair dealing guidelines
Executive Summary PwC has assessed the actual and expected market impacts of the implementation of the Fair Dealing Guidelines (also referred to as “Guidelines”) adopted in 2012 by the Council of ...
Match: copyright

Eight patterns of open textbook adoption in British Columbia
Barker, Jennifer; Jeffery, Ken; Jhangiani, Rajiv; Veletsianos, George
Since the launch of the BC Open Textbook Project in 2012, the adoption of open textbooks has steadily grown within public post-secondary institutions in British Columbia, Canada. An analysis of adoption records over a ...
Match: open textbooks

Insights into the economy of Open Scholarship: A look into Figshare with Mark Hahnel, CEO
Franck, Gwen
Figshare is an online digital repository where researchers can preserve and share their research outputs, including figures, datasets, images, and videos. For individual users it is free to access and to upload content. ...
Match: copyright

The ultimate guide to open educational resources: Everything you ever wanted to know about how to use, create and enhance learning with the next generation of educational content
Top Hat Staff
Open Educational Resources (OER) are the future of educational content—professors want educational materials that are more engaging, more easily updated and adaptable to individual instructor’s needs and more ...
Match: open textbooks