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Steve Burholt (eLearning Systems Developer) Rowena Rouse (Library IT Developer) Richard Francis (Head of eLearning) Jan Haines (Head of Library Services). What’s on your radar?. Showcasing your and your department’s research? Increasing citations in preparation for REF?
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Steve Burholt (eLearning Systems Developer) Rowena Rouse (Library IT Developer) Richard Francis (Head of eLearning) Jan Haines (Head of Library Services) Directorate of Learning Resources
What’s on your radar? Showcasing your and your department’s research? Increasing citations in preparation for REF? Finding colleagues with similar research interests? Identifying partners for funding bids? Linking teaching and research? Improving student access to resources? Developing flexible, re-usable teaching resources? Showcasing course materials for recruitment? Disseminating best practice (e.g. in learner experience research and e-learning)? Saving time and avoiding duplication in course development? Ensuring resources are current and consistent across courses? Sharing resources in open educational archives? Directorate of Learning Resources
Background to the RADAR project • Started life in 2007 as the CIRCLE project, funded by JISC as part of a £14m national programme to develop repositories in Higher Education • The RADAR project continues that work, using Equella software • Collaboration between Media Workshop, Library and Schools Directorate of Learning Resources
What is radar? Research Archive and Digital Assets Repository Directorate of Learning Resources
What is radar? Radar demo Directorate of Learning Resources
What does it do? Directorate of Learning Resources
Brookes research archive Directorate of Learning Resources
Learning materials Directorate of Learning Resources
radar – research archive and digital asset repository“..showcasing Brookes research and managing online teaching materials” Directorate of Learning Resources
Pilot groups • Research • School of Technology research outputs • JISC Learner experience project outputs • Pedagogic research collection • Images • Bob Pomfret’s cartoons • Media Workshop archive of Brookes photos • Primate conservation image collection (400+) • Video • Graphics Workshop video streams • Documents • Business School • School of Health and Social Care – distance learning Directorate of Learning Resources
Radar and the VLE Directorate of Learning Resources
Radar and the VLE Directorate of Learning Resources
Radar and the VLE VLE PowerLink Demo Directorate of Learning Resources
How do you set up a collection in RADAR? Directorate of Learning Resources
1: Find the materials! Videos Research papers Research skills collections Multiple-choice question banks Self-contained learning activities Photos Case studies Directorate of Learning Resources
2: Decide how to catalogue the objects Title Description Keywords File format School Used on which module? Directorate of Learning Resources
2: Decide how to catalogue the objects Title Description Keywords File format School Used on which module? Directorate of Learning Resources
2: Decide how to catalogue the objects Title Description Keywords File format “Dublin Core” International standard School Used on which module? Directorate of Learning Resources
3: Design the “input screens” Directorate of Learning Resources
4: Display the data Directorate of Learning Resources
What are the advantages of using radar? • Keep track of documents and versions • Online teaching materials will be catalogued, therefore easier to find and share Directorate of Learning Resources
What are the advantages of using radar? • Keep track of documents and versions • Online teaching materials will be catalogued, therefore easier to find and share • Allows Schools to have public collections to showcase resources • Brings together research and learning materials (papers, videos, datasets) Directorate of Learning Resources
What next? • Pilot groups upload collections • RADAR show and tell sessions • Testing of RADAR / VLE link • Integration with Brookes authentication system • RADAR launch - 16 October 2009 Directorate of Learning Resources
www.brookes.ac.uk/go/radar radar@brookes.ac.uk Directorate of Learning Resources