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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 [email protected]
Steve BurholtE-learning systems developer [email protected]
www.brookes.ac.uk/go/radar
