Dublin City University's Learning Innovation and Knowledge Research Centre is coordinating a series of online seminars on using digital content for education. This is known as the 4C Initiative. The seminars are delivered by leading international experts on digital content in education. Starting with "An Introduction to Open Educational Resources and Where to Find Them Online" by Neil Butcher (OER AFRICA) on 4 February 2010, seminars will be delivered online every Tuesday and Thursday at 1500 GMT.

Other seminars include:/

• Finding Open Educational Resources on Google
• Evaluating & Downloading Learning Objects, Images, Audio, Video
  Reference Content & Lesson Plans (1 session per topic)
• Open Source Software for Education
• Using Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom
• Using Learning Objects, Images, Audio, Video, Reference Content &
• Lesson Plans in the Classroom (1 session per topic)

These free online seminars are part of the 4C Initiative ( www.4cinitiative.com) and through funding provided by The Nominet Trust (www.thenominettrust.org.uk) and Cambridge University Press (www.cambridge.org).  Anyone can participate, simply go to the 'register' section of our website -http://4cinitiative.com/?page_id=206

You can view a full schedule of our free online seminars at http://4cinitiative.com/?page_id=37/

Please also pass this message on to educators or other interested parties in your network.

For more general information on the project please see www.4cinitiative.com or contact Neil Bruton (project coordinator) neil.bruton2@mail.dcu.ie