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zBento Enhancing Teaching, Learning, and Research Activities

Discover zBento, an innovative online information system that empowers educators and students to design, share, and publish articles seamlessly. Learn about its features, benefits, and research-informed design. Explore zBento's role in teaching, learning, and knowledge-building communities.

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zBento Enhancing Teaching, Learning, and Research Activities

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  1. zBentoEnhancing Teaching, Learning, and Research Activities

  2. zBento • Designers/Developers (PETTT) • William Washington, Interaction Designer • Aaron Louie, Information Architect • Eric Maddox, Lead Developer • Researchers (PETTT) • Janice Fournier, Research Scientist • Cara Lane, Research Scientist • Kristen Shuyler, Research Coordinator

  3. Overview • Part I: Introduction • What is zBento? • Benefits of zBento • Part II: Research-informed Design • Part III: System Features • Part IV: Next Steps

  4. What is zBento? zBento is an online information system with which a teacher or student: • designs templates to guide the creation of articles which include text, sound, images and video • provides access to these articles for evaluation, comment and improvement • defines categories for organizing articles in a searchable database • publishes selected articles on the Web to defined audiences and the public

  5. Technically, what is zBento? • Information system built using open-source software, Zope • Database-driven content management system • Through-the-web access & administration

  6. Benefits of 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 a sophisticated task--creating a database-driven web site--with little computer experience

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

  8. How it began UW Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine: The Arthritis Source

  9. Three Prototypes: • Architecture: UW BaSiC Initiative • Law: LawforWA • English: Digital Tools for Study and Research Abroad

  10. New opportunities for learning:zBento… • Provides a tool for students to “think with” • Supports opportunities for authentic learning • Contributes to the creation of knowledge-building communities

  11. UW College of Architecture: BaSiC Initiative Opportunities for authentic learning

  12. UW College of Architecture: BaSiC Initiative Opportunities for authentic learning

  13. UW Law School, Ischool, Washington Council on Public Legal Education: LawForWa.org A tool for students to “think with”

  14. UW Law School, Ischool, Washington Council on Public Legal Education: LawForWa.org Thinking deeply about the structure of a domain

  15. UW English Department: Digital Tools for Study and Research Abroad Opportunities for knowledge-building communities

  16. UW English Department: Digital Tools for Study and Research Abroad Opportunities for knowledge-building communities

  17. Part III: zBento System Features

  18. System Features zBento allows users to: • write articles by responding to template prompts • design templates for articles • share, review, edit, and publish articles • designate participant roles and permissions • organize articles using categories • search using multiple strategies

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

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

  21. System Features: Sharing, Reviewing, Commenting, Editing, & Publishing

  22. System Features: Customizable roles & permissions

  23. System Features: Categories for Organization

  24. System Features: Multiple search strategies Natural Language Search Search by Categories

  25. Part III: Next Steps

  26. What’s next for zBento? • Improve usability and debug • Document system: technical aspects, use, pedagogical use • Test in various domains • Scale up: make zBento more robust

  27. Discussion and Questions

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