Singapore, 23 April 2003

PurpleTrain.com Degree
gets you ahead of the rat race!

Having a degree today is a fundamental qualification to get a foot in the door. With so many bachelors degrees offered in the market, an individual is often confused on what program will fit his/her needs and career aspiration. Some will sign up with the most established education provider with many good years of track record, some will prefer the quality of the university and its curriculum, locality of the training centres, price and many more. Today with the surge of the Internet and the commercial fad of "A PC in every home", individuals are beginning to explore non-traditional mode of learning which is E-learning to further their life long learning.

The good news is all the criteria listed above is found in PurpleTrain.com, Asia's first e-learning service provider, which offers a one-stop service for business and IT education programs, corporate training courses and education-related services.
PurpleTrain.com is a 100%-owned venture of Informatics Holdings Limited, a leading training and education provider listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. Informatics Holdings Limited is a world class institute for quality lifelong learning services and made the ranking among Forbes Global's 200 Best Small Companies in the world.

By combining innovative technology with world-class training content, PurpleTrain.com offers companies and individuals a high value, quality and effective on-line training solution. Over 700 on-line courses are available, offering masters, degrees, diplomas and certificates in business and IT programs. Our online learning community now stands at over 67,000 users.

In today's competitive job market, the fact remains that earning a degree will become the minimum entry requirement for most executive and managerial positions. At Purpletrain.Com, whether you are looking to finish your degree, advance your career or start a new one while balancing your work, family, and education, we have a plethora of master's, bachelor's, and diploma programs, specifically designed for busy professionals and students. In essence, PurpleTrain.com e-learning means study at your convenience from your computer anytime anywhere.

Please find below what our learners and instructors felt positively good about e-learning.

Top Reasons why our learners appreciate the following qualities of e-learning:

  1. E-learning develops interaction among students and instructors. Interaction stimulates
    understanding and the recall of information.
  2. Accommodates learning through a variety of activities that apply to different learning styles.
  3. Encourages self-paced learning where students can learn at the rate they prefer.
  4. Convenient for students to access any time, any place.
  5. Eliminates travel time and travel costs for students.
  6. Encourages students to browse information through hyperlinks to sites on the worldwide Web and thereby find information relevant to their personal situations.
  7. Allows students to select learning materials, or to be directed to content that meets their level of knowledge, interest and what they need to know to perform more effectively in their
    particular activity.
  8. Develops knowledge of the Internet that will help learners throughout their careers.
  9. Encouraging students to take responsibility for their learning and succeeding builds self-knowledge and self-confidence.

Top Reasons why Instructors value the following strengths of e-learning:

  1. E-learning permits instructors to develop materials using the worldwide resources of the Web.
  2. Allows instructors to communicate information in a more engaging fashion than in text-based distance education programs.
  3. Convenient for instructors to access any time, any place.
  4. Allows instructors to package essential information for all students to access. Instructors can then concentrate on high level activities.
  5. Retains records of discussion and allows for later reference through the use of threaded discussion on bulletin boards.
  6. Generates more personal gratification for instructors through quality student participation.
  7. Reduces travel and accommodation costs associated with training programs.


That is why more working professionals and college going students choose PurpleTrain.com and its E-learning University Partners from UK, Australia and US.


ABOUT PURPLETRAIN.COM

PurpleTrain.com is the e-learning service provider which offers a one-stop service for business and IT education programs, corporate training courses and education-related services.

By combining innovative technology with world-class training content, PurpleTrain.com offers companies and individuals a high value, quality and effective on-line training solution. Over 700 on-line courses are available, offering masters, degrees, diplomas and certificates in business and IT programs. Our online learning community now stands at over 67,000 users.

PurpleTrain.com is a 100%-owned venture of Informatics Holdings Limited, a leading training and education provider listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. Informatics Holdings Limited is a world class institute for quality lifelong learning services and made the ranking among Forbes Global's 200 Best Small Companies in the world.

ABOUT INFORMATICS GROUP

The Informatics Group, established in 1983, is a multinational corporation providing training and educational services in information technology and business management. Through its international franchising programme and strategic acquisitions, Informatics presently has a global network of more than 550 centres spanning over 45 countries.

The company presently offers six franchise products: Informatics Computer School, Thames Business School, Informatics Professional Development Centre, CAL Computer Training Centre, Cambridge Child Development Centre and RACC. For more information, please visit http://www.informaticsgroup.com.

For more information, please contact :

Doris Goh
Senior Product Marketing Manager
PurpleTrain.com
DID : (65) 6568 0861
Fax : (65) 6569 7060
Email : pr@purpletrain.com
Website : www.purpletrain.com
www.informaticsgroup.com


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