This article deals with the Certificate course for interpreter trainers at the Ecole de traduction et d’interprétation (ETI) at the University of Geneva. The Certificate program for interpreter trainers embeds one week of face-to-face teaching in a ten month distance learning program. The community portal acts as both a learning environment supporting socio-constructivist pedagogical scenarios and as a platform for discussion of topics pertaining to the training of interpreters in general. This is designed to support changes in the profession necessary to facilitate a paradigmatic shift in training.