The document discusses collaboration tools and knowledge management for the SCALE project. It describes basic requirements like document versioning and tools to organize work. It also mentions databases for student and teacher data. A section on project workspaces explains how they integrate project work habits, provide a knowledge base and intelligent search. Examples of educational customers and use cases are provided at the end.

1. KM/Collaboration Overview
Christopher Thorn
SCALE Technology Coordinator
Wisconsin Center for Education Research

2. Basic Requirements for Collaborative Tools
• Document management and versioning
• Focusing on the sharing of information,
especially email.
 Target teams to avoid email excesses
 Tools to opt in or out of discussions
 Allow users to set up tools to monitor what is
important to them
• Providing users with the tools to organize
their typical work environment with only the
relevant part of the larger SCALE project

3. Collaborating Around Structured Data
The SCALE technology infrastructure also
includes relational database and data
collection systems that include:
• Web and email surveys
• Large-scale data warehouse for student and
teacher indicator systems
• Event management federation between the
6 SCALE partners

4. Vignette/Intraspect Project Overview
Where project teams get work done Collaborative Project Workspaces
Places to work effectively in large, cross-
organizational communities.
Integrates with Project Work Habits
Seamless desktop, email & portal
integration for project collaboration and
document sharing.
Enterprise Project Knowledge Base
Captured as an automatic side-effect of
effective project collaboration.
Search and Intelligent Agents
People stay informed of each other’s
relevant project activities.
Integrated into Your Work Process
Customizable to fit directly into existing
IT infrastructure.

5. The Evolution of Collaborative Value
Composite
Value chain
Applications
Process-Specific
Collaboration
Generic KM
& Collaboration
Integrate with
Capture/Share Process Support Application
Infrastructure

6. Collaboration Educational Customers
• Pepperdine University
• University of California - Lawrence Livermore
• Rice University
• University of Wisconsin
• New School Ventures
• Center for Research Libraries

7. Examples of Use Cases
Organization of Individual Work
Coordination of Group Work and Discussion
Document Production and Archiving
Representation for Decision Support
Notification Features
 Tell
 Subscribe
 Agent

8. A Collaborative Workspace