Digital Learning & Technology

U.S. Department of Education Recognizes 14 States and 40 Districts Committing to #GoOpen with Educational Resources, including Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is part of the inaugural cohort of #GoOpen states that are committed to helping school districts and educators access high-quality, openly-licensed educational resources. The Department is committed to a statewide technology strategy that includes the use of openly-licensed resources as a central component, developing and maintaining a statewide repository for openly licensed resources, and sharing learning and professional development resources with other #GoOpen states and districts. The state's Office of Digital Learning is supporting this work through a partnership with the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents and the Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. In the coming months, teams of Massachusetts educators will upload over 100 model curriculum units into an online content management platform. The units will be searchable by publisher, location, subject area and standard. Educators will be able to self-publish their own materials, add ratings and reviews, get recommendations based on their previous selections, and create their own lists of resources. The units will be indexed in the Learning Registry, a effort led by the Department of Education, with support of the White House and numerous federal agencies, non-profit organizations, international organizations and private companies, to help districts more easily find and share openly licensed educational resources. Massachusetts got involved with #GoOpen to increase equitable access to high quality educational materials, and local school districts will ultimately decide how to use them. For more details on #GoOpen commitments made by states, school districts, and technology companies, visit Office of Educational Technology: Open Education.

Last Updated: February 26, 2016