The 4C InitiativePresented by Neil Bruton and Theo Lynn

23rd February 2010

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The 4C Initiative - Content. Capability. Connect. Collaborate

• Developing a digital content supply network for education

• Building digital content capability worldwide

• Connect education to a billion digital resources in the next ten years

• Helping education worldwide to collaborate

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The 4C “Capability Project”

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search

integrate

create

expose/share evaluate

describe procure/license

modify/reuse download/view

A pro bono training programme for educators and publishers to build digital content capabilities

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Whose Involved? A Growing Number of International Partners

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How? Webex Training Centre Online AV or Offline PPT + VOIP or Telephone

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All resources are recorded, transcribed and soon, translated – www.4cinitiative.com

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Some stats (after 3 weeks)

• Number of sessions: 8• Session capacity: 50/30• Total unique registered participants: 234• Average session registration: 70• Average session attendance: 24• Average recording downloads: 90• Number of attendee nationalities: 12

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Demo: Creative Commons

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Some Challenges

• Bandwidth Management Optimisation– Online AV– Download Recording– Download Audio– Download Transcription

• Language • Registrations vs Attendance• Timing for International Markets• Getting to the target audience, developing countries

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Next Steps

1. Package as SCORM Learning Objects2. Share as OER – Attribute-NonCommercial-ShareAlike3. Transcribe and Translate 4. New bandwidth optimised versions – lower quality

video, lower quality audio etc5. More Sessions, More Attendees, More Countries6. New Channels, New Content

www.4cinitiative.comneil.bruton2@mail.dcu.ie

theo.lynn@dcu.ie