soLearnTM factsheet

A key workforce development, knowledge retention & performance evaluation software tool

soLearn is a software tool which enables any organisation to put in place visible, transparent and effective monitoring of the progress which is being made in workforce development.  It measures outcomes, knowledge retention and evaluates compliance with process and procedures.  It is therefore complementary to your wider performance management processes and systems and helps by providing detailed and comprehensive management information on overall and individual performance.

As well as being an easily implemented workforce development tool, a key strength of soLearn is that it provides visible audit trails.  These demonstrate that the organisation has taken every step to not only develop and train their workforce but to systematically monitor that the workforce development is effective, and that knowledge is retained and embedded in every day operations.

soLearn not only supports workforce development; it visibly demonstrates the progress you are making.  This is particularly useful in ‘high risk’ processes or in industry sectors where there are strict compliance and regulatory frameworks with heavy penalties for non compliance.

soLearn places clear responsibilities on managers and team leaders to  ‘own’ workforce development.  soLearn shares this responsibility with individual employees by creating a framework where they are required to participate and to demonstrate through evaluation and assessment that

  • they have understood and implemented good practice

  • they understand overall policy

  • they have embedded agreed process and procedure into their day to day practice.

Versatile

soLearn is fully customizable – it is applicable to any sector where knowledge verification is required – this might be a small group of specialists where you need to assess a specific skill or it can apply to the whole workforce as part of a cultural change programme.

Easy to use

soLearn is easy to use, with simple set up facilities for managers, and fully automated follow up and chase procedures.  This keeps the administration overhead and paperwork to an absolute minimum.  Access is easy too – all you need is an email address, a web browser and internet access, so the system requires minimal training investment to be effective.

Effective management support tool

soLearn has a range of reporting and analysis tools which can be used to inform management decisions at multiple levels, steer and improve employee performance and support achievement of overall organisational objectives

Objective measurement  of performance and corporate knowledge

Response data collected, and subsequent analysis within soLearn, provides a clear and transparent audit trail for demonstrating compliance with best practice, internal standards and processes and wider statutory/regulatory requirements.

Cost effective data gathering and analysis

Once the initial parameters are established, the soLearn process requires minimal intervention and resource to produce clear reports and information to inform change and workforce development. Your managers focus their time on thinking and planning and not on administration.

soLearnTM Virtual Learning Environment (soVLE)

soLearn can be easily integrated with your internal systems and intranet.  However, if required we can also offer the optional soLearn Virtual Learning Environment (soVLE) which can host not only your soLearn system but also a whole range of written, visual, video and audio training and development resources.

Think of soVLE as a tailored intranet just for staff development and training.  Materials hosted in soVLE might be specific training packages or computer based training (CBT) or procedure or operational manuals and guides.  soLearn enables you to seamlessly integrate your staff’s evaluation results with signposts and links to training or other documentation.  So someone who has not scored highly in a particular soLearn question will be guided towards the key documents they need to read or re-read in order to make themselves aware of the appropriate information.  This tight integration of assessment and evaluation with key reference and knowledge/process documentation is a powerful feature of the soLearn and soLearn VLE systems.

soLearnTM ‘Off The Shelf’ Knowledge & Competency Packs

soLearn provides a very cost effective tool to validate knowledge and learning.  Whether it’s a company training course, embedding processes & procedures, implementing a culture change programme or skill based competency evaluation then soLearn is the right tool for you.

soLearn provides an easy to use and cost effective evaluation tool which can be tailored by you to meet your exact needs.  However we also recognise that you may want to make progress very quickly and get started with some pre-populated questionnaires and knowledge assessment to baseline and evaluate "where you are at the moment".

To support this we have available now (and under development) a range of targeted ‘off the shelf’ knowledge and competency packs that you can use as part of your soLearn implementation.  These include :

  • Social Care NVQ  Level 2 and 3 for social care settings

  • Children’s Care & Learning Development NVQ Level 2 & 3 for nursery care settings

  • Health & Safety : H & S Awareness, DCE awareness and wide range of specialist H & S knowledge packs available

  • ITIL v3 competency for ICT Technical staff

  • Prince 2 competency for project management staff

We can of course provide support to help you develop your own knowledge packs for any aspect of your organisation. We have business analysts, process analysts, change managers and knowledge consultants in our team and can provide a fixed price service to develop your own tailored knowledge and competency packs that are just right for your organisation. 

You can contact us on 0117 986 2194  and ask to speak to the soLearn team or email us at info@solearn.com. For more specific enquiries or to arrange a demonstration or detailed quotation/pricing enquiry ask for Stewart Long, Projects Director or email him at s.long@sovision.com.