1. RADAR

2. 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
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3. 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
integration with Moodle
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4. What’s in RADAR?
Oxford Brookes University research

5. What’s in RADAR?
Teaching materials

6. What’s in RADAR?
Photos of University events

7. What’s in RADAR?
Cartoons by University graphics team

8. What’s in RADAR?
Video tutorials for students

9. Course “taster” materials (OER)
What’s in RADAR?
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10. What’s in RADAR?
Olympics teaching materials (OER)

11. 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
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12. Successes
3. Integration good : (RSS, profiles, pedagogic research, Moodle blocks)
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13. 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
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14. Steve Burholt E-learning systems developer srburholt@brookes.ac.uk
Questions?
Rowena Rouse RADAR-repository services development manager
Steve Burholt E-learning systems developer
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