1. zBento Knowledge Management System

2. Rationale The University is responsible for knowledge work –Teaching and Public Education: Dissemination of knowledge –Research and Student learning: Acquisition of knowledge Information technologies provide knowledge work opportunities Challenge: Faculty, students, & staff find the use of existing information technologies difficult

3. PETTT’s Goal Research, design, & develop an information technology… …for UW faculty, staff & students… …for UW departments, programs, and courses… …for the creation, organization, and transfer of knowledge… …which facilitates teaching & learning.

4. Template Published Article

5. zBento Allows the Creation of a Database-driven Website Templates with prompts guide authors in content creation Prompts, and authors’ responses are combined to automatically generate web- based articles

6. Natural Language SearchSearch by Categories

7. zBento Creates a More Useful Website Natural language search Question-based navigation Search and Browse by multiple concepts and categories

8. Organize information using Categories

9. zBento is an Information Management Tool Information is organized by categories Information can be categorized according to several concepts simultaneously Multi-concept categorization allows for efficient searching, browsing, and organizing

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

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

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

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

14. Next steps Technology integration Improved scalability/performance