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RADAR

Directorate of Learning Resources

What is RADAR?

R esearchA rchiveD igitalA ssetR epository

• Institutional repository for Oxford Brookes, based on Equella software

• More than 3000 items: a blended repository of teaching and research

Directorate of Learning Resources

• 2007/8 JISC Circle project• Autumn 2008 chance meeting with Coventry University• December 2008 purchase Equella 4.0• October 2009 RADAR launch• 2012 4.1 integration with Moodle

Background

What’s in RADAR?

Oxford Brookes University research

What’s in RADAR?

Teaching materials

What’s in RADAR?

Photos of University events

What’s in RADAR?

Cartoons by University graphics team

What’s in RADAR?

Video tutorials for students

What’s in RADAR?

Course “taster” materials (OER)

What’s in RADAR?

Olympics teaching materials (OER)

Directorate of Learning Resources

1. Easy to customise Equella interface for different collections, virtual folders etc

2. Gives control for us to create metadata schema/collections

Successes

Directorate of Learning Resources

3. Integration good :(RSS, profiles, pedagogic research, Moodle blocks)

http://www.chc.brookes.ac.uk/dr-eike-adams

Successes

Directorate of Learning Resources

1. Multiple changes to HE systems in recent years

2. Management need better statistics on the student learning experience, e.g. learning analytics

Challenges

Directorate of Learning Resources

Questions?

Rowena RouseRADAR-repository services development managerrrouse@brookes.ac.uk

Steve BurholtE-learning systems developer srburholt@brookes.ac.uk

www.brookes.ac.uk/go/radar