KOM 2000 has special features for multi-language conferencing, closed, open and restricted groups, distance education and voting. The municipality of Gotland has gathered 14 minor IT projects in schools around the island under a common umbrella that consists of a program for competence development for teachers. During a three year period, all the school personnel is to participate in courses about IT and workteam methodology. As a result of the training personnel should be able to work in teams and use IT as a pedagogical tool. The evaluation of the project is done continuously during the project time and in a formative manner which means that feedback is given along the way in order to secure the right course in the projects.
Evaluation is conducted through interviews, participant observation and document analysis.
An important part of the evaluation is the self evaluations done by the participants themselves. Traditionally, schools do not have the habit of self evaluation. It is, however, important for an organization to reflect upon the work that is done in order to be able to learn from the mistakes and to grow the awareness of the common ideology and of goals that should guide the every day work. A report from the evaluators is delivered annually to the project, the first one in August 1997. The success of SeniorNet in America has shown that we have to find innovative ways to break such prejudices.