[Open-education] U.S. Department of Education shifts to OER with #GoOpen Campaign & Open Licensing Policy

[Cable Green]

Greetings OER Colleagues:

Good news out of the U.S. Department of Education yesterday!

   - Proposed an agency-wide open policy for educational materials and
   other IP created with discretionary grant funds, including a strict
   definition of “open license” that specifies terms equivalent to the
   Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY).
   - Launched a  #GoOpen campaign to expand OER in PreK-12 schools.


For details, please see these resources ... and please help spread the word
using #GoOpen and mention @usedgov

   - Creative Commons post: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/46345

<https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/660141318778163204>

   - <https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/660141318778163204>
      https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/660140494589063168
      <https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/660140494589063168>
      - <https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/660141318778163204>
      https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/660141318778163204
      <https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/660141318778163204>

      - SPARC post: http://www.sparc.arl
   .org/blog/us-education-department-proposes-open-licensing-policy-part-
   goopen-campaign
   <http://www.sparc.arl.org/blog/us-education-department-proposes-open-licensing-policy-part-goopen-campaign>

   - Open Policy Language: http://tech.ed.gov/files/2014/06/OET
   -Open-License-NPRM-FINAL-Web-Posting.pdf
   <http://tech.ed.gov/files/2014/06/OET-Open-License-NPRM-FINAL-Web-Posting.pdf>
   - ED Press Release:
   http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-launches-campaign-encourage-schools-
   goopen-educational-resources
   <http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-launches-campaign-encourage-schools-goopen-educational-resources>
   - #GoOpen Campaign Website: http://tech.ed.gov/open-education/

Who thinks they have a similar national / regional opportunity to make this
happen in their country? Let's work together and make announcements like
this all over the world.

Cheers,

Cable

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Cable Green, PhD
Director of Global Learning
Creative Commons
@cgreen <http://twitter.com/cgreen>
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