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What Makes A Good e-Learning Student in PurpleTrain.com
INTRODUCTION
As we move towards a knowledge-based economy, E-Learning has gain popularity.
A recent survey by IBM white-paper has indicated that the e-learning sector
will be growing at 90 percent annually worldwide. The research group International
Data Corporation (IDC) has indicated that in the Asian Pacific region,
the e-learning sector is set to grow at an amazing 93.7 percent a year
between the year 2000-2004.
HOW DO YOU DEFINE 'E-LEARNING'?
Despite the variety of terms that are being used; 'electronic learning,
online learning , cyber-learning or even web-education'; e-learning is
using the Internet as a delivery mechanism to enable distributed learning.
Distributed learning means the ability to fully utilize the Internet to
enhance learning at a distance. With this new and dynamic medium we are
able to create, enable, deliver as well as fully measure the learning
element of each and every user.
PurpleTrain.Com is the only vertical online portal that fully utilizes
the high speed and various functions of the Internet to allow our users
to successfully complete their courses and benefit from this new mode
of learning.
A RECENT SURVEY OF PurpleTrain.COM
In a recent survey carried out by PurpleTrain.Com, we concluded that an
online user does not differ much from a normal user taking a course in
a classroom. With our unique learning management system we have the ability
to keep track of all our users and closely monitor their progress in our
courses.
Below is some of the sample data of our survey:
This survey data shows a pool of students who have performed very well
in this new mode of learning and have all scored distinctive results for
their examinations.
| Name |
Comparisons |
Grades |
| Student A |
Read with posting& attend most chat |
A |
| Student B |
Read with moderate posting w/o attend chat |
A |
| Student C |
Moderate reading w/o posting w/o attend chat |
B |
| Student D |
Read the most w/o posting but attend chat |
A |
| Name |
Hits |
Read |
Posted |
Attend |
| Student A |
1043 |
770 |
31 |
4 |
| Student B |
836 |
719 |
11 |
0 |
| Student C |
558 |
472 |
0 |
0 |
| Student D |
1256 |
1053 |
0 |
1 |
From the survey, we have concluded that most students have these common
characteristics whilst using the Internet to pursue their education.
HITS, READS, POSTED AND ATTEND
A 'Hit' is term as the number of time the web pages are visited by our users
and 'Read' picks up the various different pages that are read by the users.
'Posted' is number of inquiries posted by the students in our discussion
room and 'Attend' depicts the number of synchronous chats attended by the
student.
A majority of the students spend an extensive time in reading both the materials
provided on line as well as the discussion posted in our discussion rooms
or sometimes referred to as our Electronic Bulletin Board.
The survey also concluded that the most effective learning tool is through
our discussion room as well as using our discussion thread. Students prefer
the ability to post a question and upon receiving the response a student
can further add on by asking further inquiries on the answer to get a better
understanding of the subject matter.
It is also evident from the above, that the discussion room gave students
the ability to absorb new ideas and provide them with a clear understanding
of the subject. Through discussion room, students learn concepts that are
applicable in real life situation.
Students that don't understand the subject matter can post their concerns
on the discussion room and the academic team from PurpleTrain.com will reply
within 24 hours. This Internet respond time has increased the learning curve
of our students because they will be able to digest the information and
continue with the learning process in a day or two and doesn't have to wait
for classes.
The survey confirmed that our students use the discussion room facility
more frequently and it is beneficial to our students. A majority of our
users has a full-time career and was having difficulty finding time for
our scheduled chat sessions. To eliminate this problem, PurpleTrain.Com
has created Chat Logs which enable our students to view what has taken place
in the Chat sessions and post question in our discussion rooms to clarify
any matters.
These facilities provide our students additional flexibility in this new
learning era, thus the students never have the feeling that they have missed
the learning process.
SUMMARY
From the above statistics, it is evident that the users spent more time
in the learning process as compared to the traditional classroom learning
modes.
With PurpleTrain.Com, 24 hours by 7 days interactive facilities, students
are given the flexibility to choose their own time in using the facilities
and are not restricted by time and destinations as well as looking for qualified
lecturers or facilitators to answer their questions. At a touch of the keyboard
all this concerns are taken away.
PurpleTrain.Com therefore does not in any ways compromise the learning process
and students are still required to have the same characteristics as any
other classroom courses which can be defined as follows: -
a) Discipline & Commitment
The ability to understand, make time and digest all the information and
guidance supplied by the facilitators in our various courses. However with
PurpleTrain.Com this is made relatively easier, by taking into consideration
the users convenience and commitments, thus timing is easily adjusted.
b) Motivated and Pro-active
The user must be highly motivated and understand why he has embarked in
this journey of upgrading himself as well as taking initiatives to ensure
that time is spent reading the materials and probe further when in doubt.
With PurpleTrain.Com 24 hours by 7 days facilities the student is given
all these opportunities at the touch of a fingertip.
c) Positive attitude
User must also take on a positive attitude in this new learning mode as we realize that although this is breaking away from the traditional mode of learning, it actually provides a higher delivery consistency and effective knowledge transfer, hence making it an ideal alternative learning mode for students to gain qualifications from internationally-recognised world class universities and education institutions.
d) Embracing new technologies
In traditional classroom programs, it is often mentioned, "How the world
is changing with the Information Age" but with PurpleTrain.Com you get a
taste of the latest learning medium since the introduction of the Computers.
CONCLUSION
So with the above you can see that PurpleTrain.Com is the way of the future,
allowing students the flexibility of learning as well as guiding students
on how to perform well in their courses with ease and efficiency.
For more information on PurpleTrain.com, please contact :
Ms Lee Wan Ling
Sales Manager
E-mail : helpdesk@purpletrain.com
Websites : www.purpletrain.com
www.informaticsgroup.com
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are forward-looking in nature and, accordingly, are subject to risks and
uncertainties. The actual results may differ from those described or contemplated.
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