Non-Profit Works with Microsoft to Integrate OER into Office 365

THE Journal: A non-profit that develops K-12 curriculum and distributes it as open educational resources (OER) has teamed up with Microsoft to make the materials available to schools running Office 365. The deal between Open Up Resources and the Redmond firm calls for Open Up's OER to work with a customized version of OneNote, Microsoft's idea-capture application, and Forms, the company's program for creating surveys, quizzes and polls. Both are included in Office 365, Microsoft's online office productivity suite.

Open Up's offerings include math curriculum for grades 6-8 and English language arts curriculum for K-5. The materials are free and can be used by teachers and students on any platform or device through a web browser.

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