Tawanda Learning

Specialists in learning management software and related services.

Learnership administration

Spend more time driving core learning and let us manage the administration and reporting that goes with it.

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t-LMS as a service

Get the t-LMS' end-to-end learning and learner management functions - cloud or on-premise installations.

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Projects

Consultation in respect of training needs analysis, eLearning course design, learning software development.

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Learnership administration

YOUR NEEDS:

Is your focus on the core of your training business being hijacked by:

Volumes of paper?
Manual and cumbersome systems and processes?
The struggle to get good quality management information?
Learners who are getting "lost" in the system?
Administrators who are swamped and always playing catch up?
Assessors who are swimming in a sea of paper and costly marking fees?
Bureaucratic red tape with your SETA?

If so, then consider how our Learnership Administration Service could free you up to focus on the most vital aspect of your business - learning optimisation and excellence.

Learnership Administration is a core service offering that requires many diverse disciplines and management processes. It is a colaborative effort between you and ourselves.

OUR SERVICE OFFERING:

Configure the qualification, assessments, eLearning and surveys on the t-LMS.
Establish procedures needed between your company and Tawanda Learning to ensure a successful learning and administration outcome.
Train your Assessors and Moderators to use the t-LMS.
Administer the registration and enrolment of learners.
Capture your training schedules, assessment deadlines and inform you of deviations and non-compliant learners, assessors and moderators.
Dispatch daily, weekly or monthly reports to pre-determined recipients.
Supply technical and usage support to users relating to the t-LMS.
Host your learners on an installation supplied and managed by Tawanda Learning.

YOUR ROLE:

To supply, in manner suitable for digital delivery on the t-LMS, all the learning resources needed for the qualification. Examples: curriculum; course material; assessments; legal documents; company policies and procedures; forms, checklists and information that may be needed for distribution; schedules and deadlines.
In instances where non-digital resources are needed, to supply these. Examples: training venues and equipment; paper-based or other physical resources; equipment and tools needed by the learners as prescribed by the curriculum
Supply suitably qualified trainers, moderators and mentors and manage contractual issues.
Recruit the learners and manage contractual issues.
Offer coaching and mentoring to learners.

CORE BENEFITS:

Optimise administration of your qualification's delivery, learning management and learner needs.
Fixed cost of administration.
Compliance to your SETA's requirements.
Access to an always on and collaborative LMS that ensures information is always totally up to date.
Rapid information flows between all role-players.
Supply of reports to facilitate your operational decisions.
Reduced burden of administration and red tape.

COST:

Please contact Neil Henderson using: hendersonn@tawandalearning.com

t-LMS as a service

YOUR NEEDS:

You want to use the t-LMS' functions, but want to operate it yourself.

OUR SERVICE OFFERING:

There are three options for hosting, namely:

Use your own in-house web server or host the program with an Internet Service Provider of your choice. T&C's apply.
Use an web server hosted by Tawanda Learning for your company's exclusive use.
Use our shared hosting installation on a sub-domain of tawandalearning.com. (Limited to a maximum of 100 users)

You get the following:

Online provision of the full t-LMS capability.
Telephone and email support for LMS Administrators.
Upgrades as and when they are released.
Training of LMS Administrators at your venue. T&C's apply.
Customisation of the program. You identify the new functions and we will quote you on the development. T&C's apply.
In the case of shared hosting on the Tawanda Learning platform, we will set up a sub-domain and database.

YOUR ROLE:

In the case of self-hosted solutions, to supply and manange the hosting environment. IMPORTANT: We will need unrestricted access to the applications files and the database.
To configure, set up and maintain the qualifications.
To manage all learner processes on the t-LMS.

COST:

We charge a flat rate per user, per month, or part thereof - what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts.

In cases where Tawanda Learning hosts the installation you pay the cost thereof including any bandwidth and disk space costs.

Please contact Neil Henderson using: hendersonn@tawandalearning.com

Projects

eLearning Course Development

The t-LMS offers a robust HTML eLearning authoring tool. We can develop new or convert existing material into eLearning that is intended for pure digital delivery or for use in a blended learning process. We can rapidly convert material from MS Word, PowerPoint or PDF formats into eLearning courses.

OUR SERVICE OFFERING:

Analysing existing material and recommending how it can be adapted to eLearning or a blended learning approach.
Analysing new material and designing a cost-effective development and delivery approach. Usually, since we are not subject matter experts in all knowledge domains, we will need to collaborate with a your recommended subject expert(s).
Developing eye-catching and well structured content for delivery via the t-LMS.
Integrating images, audio and video into eLearning material (We do not actually develop the images, audio and video but we will assist in the design and scripting thereof.)

This service requires you to sign up for the "Learnership Administration Service" or the "t-LMS as a service" as described elsewhere on this page.

COST:

The cost of the eLearning Course Development Service varies depending on the scope of the work, the complexity of the eLearning requirements and the delivery options you need.

Please contact Neil Henderson using: hendersonn@tawandalearning.com

Software Development

We have extensive software development expertise and work in collaboration with our partners to extend the range of programming languages and business intelligence tools that can be used to build applications that are light-weight, user-friendly and informative.

COST:

The cost of software development can only be determined once your needs have been established and the scope of the project has been determined.

Please contact Neil Henderson using: hendersonn@tawandalearning.com

Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

THE NEED:

All too often training needs are identified in a haphazard and subjective way - often on the whim of the staffmember or manager. This can be a costly waste of money when the wrong needs are identified, or worse, when training is recommended but a gap in knowledge and skill is not the underlying problem. The t-LMS can be used to identify training needs objectively.

Competency assessments differ from qualification assessments in that they are based on an analysis of occupation-specific competencies, whereas qualification assessment is based on learning outcomes. Competency assessments are centred around OFO Occupations (an international framework for organising occupations).

Clearly there should be an intersection of knowledge and skill between competency and qualification assessments, but competency assessment allow for:

Assessments that are better targeted at the heart of what employees need to be competent in to succeed in their SPECIFIC jobs.
Continuous re-assessment to establish changes in overall organisation-wide competence as a result of employee movements in and out of the organisation.
Training interventions that are targeted at an organisation's specific needs, especially systems, processes and in-house knowledge.
Assessment for recruitment and selection or succession planning purposes.
Identification of training needs when compiling the organisation's Workplace Skills Plan - WSP.
The collection of empirical training needs for use the organisation's performance management process.

OUR SERVICE OFFERING:

Provision of the t-LMS.
Managing TNA projects.
Advice and support with conducting competency analyses.
Data capturing of competencies, assessment questions, configuring competency profiles and setting up assessment instances (tests).
Provision of reports for individuals or rolled up reports for groups based on your organisation structure.

CORE BENEFITS:

Once the competency framework has been set up (this can be time consuming), the t-LMS offers a quick and flexible method to identify competence levels throughout your organisation.
Ensure that training is directly tailored to the learning needs of the organisation, its systems and processes and so reduce wasteful expenditure on "nice to have" training.
Automatically feed training needs information directly into your WSP and performance management process.
Obtain objective data on training needs rather than peoples' gut feel on what training they need.
The reusable databank of assessment questions can be deployed rapidly and as frequently as needed.
Obtain objective competency level information for job applicants.

COST:

The cost of the Training Needs Analysis Service will vary depending on the extent of our involvement.

Please contact Neil Henderson using: hendersonn@tawandalearning.com