Dive Brief:

• The U.S. Department of Education on Thrusday announced the #GoOpen campaign, designed to promote the use of open educational resources (OER) in schools.  
• A new proposal would require an open license on all copyrightable intellectual property which was developed with the aid of federal funds.
• The department's open ed advisor, Andrew Marcinek, will work with schools, districts, and states to help OER resource utilization. 

Dive Insight:

By requiring open licenses, teachers will be able to modify and adapt OER to fit individual classroom and student needs. Various corporations have offered partnerships and support of the initiative, including Amazon.com, allowing the Department of Education’s Learning Registry to run on their cloud and providing infrastructure and developer support. Microsoft will create an app that will index content from the Learning Registry. Yet the use of OER can be challenging for many districts and teachers. Faculty are often unaware of OER and therefore don't utilize it.