The Online Academy is a solution for serving the needs of a large client population for learning and development.

So what is the Online Academy? It is a palette of solutions that is designed to achieve the following: 


1.     Reduced cost of delivering learning and development.

2.     Expanded reach of learning and development including delivery in multiple locations on
        demand.


3.     Savings in logistical costs and lost time related to learning and development.


4.     A culture of conducting needs analysis before learning and development.


5.     Savings in interventions by shifting from a generic approach to a targeted gap-filling
        methodology.


6.     The capacity to improve the evaluation of impact and training return on investment (ROI)


7.     Enhanced productivity and return on learning and development investment that is linked to the
        focus on areas of specific need.


8.     Improved career development and succession planning leading to greater staff satisfaction and
        retention.

 How difficult is the Online Academy to implement? 

1.      High among the key attractions of the Online Academy is the ease of 
         implementation & use and flexibility that it offers.


2.       Built-in user support and user-friendly interfaces enable immediate 
          deployment.


3.       Clients are not stuck with software that boxes them into a fixed mode of
          operation with limited flexibility.

 What are the deliverables of the Online Academy?
 
1.       Facilitation of ongoing training needs assessment, competency evaluation and gap
         analysis.

2.       Electronic master tracking system that documents the profiles of learners and tracks their
          progress.

3.       Supports monitoring of the development of employees.

4.       Online facilitation of the process of identifying what courses are required and when;
          announcing the courses; getting applications for the courses; completing registration;
          recording results.


5.       Design, launch and reporting on polls to get feedback from users and test user perception
          on specific issues. Again, this supports programme evaluation and ROI analysis.

6.       Increased alignment and synchronization of training & development activities across the
          client’s locations that are not currently attainable with existing approaches.


7.       Proactive enhancement of ongoing communication from the HR Department and Training
          personnel with the target population.


8.       Access to interactive online training.


9.       Building staff and/or customer learning communities using social networking solutions