Peace Corps Knowledge Exchange

Peace Corps Knowledge Exchange

A global knowledge sharing platform for Peace Corps Volunteers and Staff to share, create, and learn from the collective resources of the Peace Corps Community.

Challenge

Adopt a knowledge sharing platform that allows for common content management system features (files, version control, user groups, teams, and spaces). Preferably this platform will be available in low-bandwidth contexts and access from various devices (Smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc.)

Background

Peace Corps Volunteers and Staff have long recognized the need and incredible potential for a global digital platform. Individual Peace Corps Posts (country offices) and Volunteer groups and individuals have responded to this need by creating their own solutions, using available platforms or creating their own ad-hoc frameworks.

PCLive began in the summer of 2012 as an attempt to consolidate these various systems and efforts into one platform that Peace Corps Headquarters Staff could support. The Office of the Chief Information Officer of Peace Corps declared that existing user requirements and operational support could be met by investing in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Enterprise as a solution.

Assets

  • An upsetting amount of strategies, mockups, and partial successes.

Potential Solutions

  • As an example, Open Atrium 2 seems to be on the right path.

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