This project will build a Web site that will serve as a learning community. Ultimately, the final product could also be used by another organization to create and run a similar program. Utilizing Web‐based social networking tools such as blogs, forums, and wikis, and a centralized repository for learning materials (video, audio, slideshows, documents) program administrators, facilitators, and participants will be able to attract, accept, and direct contributor time and resources and a easy to use platform for real-time online mentoring and also be able to disseminate information and collaborate with each other in a centralized virtual space both in and out of regular sessions. By generalizing these tools as much as possible and making them freely available to the public through the creation of tools and installation profiles, a wide variety of organizations and communities will be able to download them and customize them to match the individual needs of their particular program.
The entire project is being developed in the open with each phase an opportunity to learn by participating and/or observation.