Affiliate Position
- Founder and President, Metatorial Services Inc
Specializations
- Data Science Education
- Content Management
- Large Scale Information Systems
Research Area
Courses
Biography
Bob Boiko is a Teaching Professor for the UW iSchool. He teaches social networking technologies, information architecture, and system design.
Over the last 15 years, he has designed, programmed and released numerous gamified, flipped, and socialized learning systems that have been used by thousands of students. Prior to coming to the iSchool, Bob founded Chase Bobko, a Web content and development company, and grew it to over 100 employees.
Recognized worldwide as a leader in the field of content management, he has designed and built systems for some of the world's top technology corporations (including Microsoft, Motorola, and Boeing) and leading NGO’s (including the UN, Gates Foundation, and World Vision). Bob is internationally known for his lectures and workshops and has keynoted conferences in over a dozen countries.
He is author of the books "Content Management Bible," "Laughing at the CIO," "Information Systems from the Info Out," and the science fiction novel "The Last Chameleon."
Bob recently founded LearnTogether, a startup company that creates peer2peer, social learning systems for professionals. LearnTogether continues to bring the next generation of education gracefully into existence.
Education
- MS, Human Communication, University of Utah, 1989
- BS, Physics, California State University Humboldt, 1985
Awards
- Nomination: Distinguished Teaching Award - UW, 2018
- Nomination: Distinguished Teaching Award - UW, 2012
- TEACH Award - iSchool, 2010
Consulting and Other Projects
- King County Tax Assessment Office, 2018
- Noodle Partners Inc., 2018
- Group Health/Kaiser Permanente, 2017
- SkillItUp/LearnItUp, 2017
- Vulcan Inc., 2017
- CARE/Behavior Space, 2014
Memberships
- Content Management Professionals
Publications and Contributions
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Book, Scholarly-NewIT Departments from the Info Out: Book six in the infoOut series (2018)
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Journal Article, Public or Trade JournalLearning and engagement in a gamified course: Investigating the effects of student characteristics (2018)Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, Volume 34, Issue 5, Page 492-503
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Book, Scholarly-NewBuilding Information Systems from the Info Out: Book four in the infoOut series (2017)
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Book, Scholarly-NewDesigning Information Systems from the Info Out: Book three in the infoOut series (2017)
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Book, Scholarly-NewEnterprise Strategy from the Info Out: Book five in the infoOut series (2017)
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Book, Scholarly-NewInformation Architecture from the Info Out: Book two in the infoOut series (2017)
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Book, Scholarly-NewInformation Systems from the Info Out: Book one in Bob's Info Out series (2017)
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Book Editor, ScholarlyInformation Management Best Practices, Volume 1 (2010), Page 320, ISBN/ISSN: 978-94-90164-03-4 Editors: Robert Boiko, Erik M Hartman
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Software, Instructional
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Software, Instructional
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Book, Scholarly-NewLaughing at the CIO: A parable and prescription for IT leadership (2007)
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White PaperLeading Information Strategy (2007)
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewSidebars (2007)Keeping Found Things Found: The Study and Practice of Personal Information Management
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Book, Scholarly-RevisedContent Management Bible, 2nd Edition (2005)
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Journal Article, Academic JournalDesigning an accessible, technology-driven justice system: an exercise in testing the access to justice technology bill of rights (2004)Washington Law Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 223-250
Presentations
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Building a Business Case from an Information Perspective
(2016)
Hartman Event - Utrecht, Netherlands
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Disruption in Education and its Impact of Public Web Sites
(2016)
Cascadis Web Professionals Conference - The Netherlands
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Next Generation Education
(2016)
University of Washington Continuing Education Group - Seattle, WA
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In the beginning was the word
(2015)
STC Puget Sound Chapter - Seattle, WA
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Omnichannel Information Management
(2015)
Hartman Event - Utrecht, Netherlands
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Beyond PDF
(2013)
WritersUA Conference for Software User Assistance
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Information Systems from the Inside Out
(2013)
KM World's Taxonomy Boot Camp
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Social Media Strategy
(2011)
J. Boye Content Management Conference - Philadelphia, PA
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Social Media Strategy
(2011)
Knowledge Management Brazilian Congress 2011 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
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From Strategy To Structure
(2010)
Conference for Software User Assistance, WritersUA - Seattle, WA
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Info Modelling in XML
(2010)
Conference for Software User Assistance, WritersUA - Seattle, WA
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Social Media and Information Strategy
(2010)
HartmanEVENT, Hartman Communicatie - Utrecht, Netherlands
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Social Media Strategy
(2010)
Meeting, Customer Service and Support Professionals - Seattle, WA
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Social Media Workshop
(2010)
HartmanEVENT, Hartman Communicatie - Utrecht, Netherlands
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The eCTD XML Backbone
(2010)
Biomedical Regulatory Affairs Master's Degree Program, University of Washington School of Pharmacy - Seattle, WA
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Where are the Smarts in Information Management?
(2009)
Intelligent Content Conference, Rockley Group - Palm Springs, CA
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Information Value: Whose Problem is it, Anyway?
(2008)
HartmanEVENT, Hartman Communicatie - Utrecht, Netherlands
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Basic Web Publishing and Information Management
(2007)
UN ICTR - International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - Arusha, Tanzania
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CM Strategy and Modeling
(2007)
Talk for government and NGO staff - Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra, Australia
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Information as the Key to Leadership
(2007)
Annual Conference, CMF - Content Management Forum - Aarhus, Denmark
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Leading with Information
(2007)
Design IT 2007 - Tokyo, Japan