1. zBento Designers/Developers –William Washington, Interaction Designer –Aaron Louie, Information Architect –Eric Maddox, Lead Developer Researchers –Janice Fournier, Research Scientist –Cara Lane, Research Scientist [ASK CARA] –Kristen Shuyler, Research Coordinator

2. Overview Part I: The technology –What is zBento? –Why zBento? –System features Part II: Research-informed design [Janice: 8 slides] –Examples of use Part III: Discussion/Questions/Suggestions

3. Part I: The Technology

4. What is zBento? Information system built using open-source software Database-driven content management system Through-the-web access & administration

5. Why zBento? Often educational technology is designed for specific domains… We wanted to create a tool that can be customized for multiple purposes and domains We wanted to allow faculty to accomplish sophisticated tasks--creating database-driven web sites--with little computer experience

6. System Features Template Builder Articles are generated using the template and responses to the template prompts Reviewing, editing & publishing Reflection & commenting Categories for organization Customizable roles & permissions Support for multiple search strategies

7. System Features: Template Builder An instructor or student can design a template

8. Template Published Article System Features: Web-based articles Articles are generated using the template and responses to the template prompts

9. System Features: Reviewing, Commenting, Editing, & Publishing [screenshot of reviewing] [screenshot of editing] -> Publish to web

10. System Features: Categories for Organization

11. System Features: Customizable roles & permissions Increasing student participation Taking on roles with increasing responsibility Make changes that shape the community [screenshot of user mgmt]

12. Natural Language SearchSearch by Categories System Features: Multiple search strategies

13. Part II: Research-Informed Design Teaching & Learning with zBento

14. How it began: Arthritis Source

15. UW Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine: The Arthritis Source [Public Website]

16. UW Law School, Ischool, Washington Council on Public Legal Education: LawForWa.org [Service Learning] [Public Website]

17. [screenshot of lawforwa.org]

18. UW College of Architecture: BaSiC Program [Service Learning] [Public Website]

19. UW English Department: Honors Study Abroad Program [Distance Learning] [Program Website]

20. Part III: Conclusion/Discussion

21. What’s next for zBento? Nearly completed Moving to case-test phase Testing prototypes in various domains Documentation Scaling up