HarvestRoad Hive, a federated digital object repository system, is independent but interoperable with systems that create, assemble and deliver content, allowing the reuse and sharing of teaching and elearning objects across single or multiple geographically dispersed locations.

Providing flexible permission and workflow layers, extensible meta-data functionality, and digital management of copyright, all through the implementation of essential industry standards, the system, which can be used to store any type of digital file, is particularly well suited to the requirements of online training or flexible elearning where content needs to be stored, accessed, assembled, disassembled, shared and reused in multiple contexts and environments.

In choosing HarvestRoad Hive, Roy Pidgeon, director ITMS, said “We sought a multi-purpose repository that would not only facilitate true sharing and re-use of content but could also be used across the university in a variety of disciplines.”

Commenting on CDU’s choice, Grame Barty, founder and managing director, HarvestRoad said, “We are delighted to be chosen by Charles Darwin University, another unique higher education institution and through the flexible digital object repository features of HarvestRoad Hive, support the university’s business drivers.”

HarvestRoad, based in Perth, Western Australia, was established in 1996. With branch offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Mexico City, Atlanta, London and Paris and global partners in Europe, UK, USA, Latin America, and Asia, the company has developed software for the elearning, online training and etraining markets in education, government, defense and enterprise. To learn more about the Hive elearning courseware content management syste, visit http://www.cdu.edu.au/