RADAR
Institutional repository for Oxford Brookes, based on Equella software What is RADAR? R esearch A rchive D igital A sset R 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 2
Autumn 2008 chance meeting with Coventry University Background 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 Directorate of Learning Resources 3
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
Course “taster” materials (OER) What’s in RADAR? Course “taster” materials (OER) 9
What’s in RADAR? Olympics teaching materials (OER)
2. Gives control for us to create metadata schema/collections Successes 1. Easy to customise Equella interface for different collections, virtual folders etc 2. Gives control for us to create metadata schema/collections Directorate of Learning Resources 11
Successes 3. Integration good : (RSS, profiles, pedagogic research, Moodle blocks) http://www.chc.brookes.ac.uk/dr-eike-adams Directorate of Learning Resources 12
1. Multiple changes to HE systems in recent years Challenges 1. Multiple changes to HE systems in recent years 2. Management need better statistics on the student learning experience, e.g. learning analytics Directorate of Learning Resources 13
Steve Burholt E-learning systems developer srburholt@brookes.ac.uk Questions? Rowena Rouse RADAR-repository services development manager rrouse@brookes.ac.uk Steve Burholt E-learning systems developer srburholt@brookes.ac.uk www.brookes.ac.uk/go/radar Directorate of Learning Resources 14