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Singapore, 29 January 2004
PurpleTrain.com understands what lifelong learners seek in their pursuit for that extra qualification such as a high quality education, convenience, a responsive academic faculty, a lively student community and all these at a comfortable price. It is this pioneering quality that makes PurpleTrain.com the Asia's first, biggest and most successful e-Learning service provider outside of the United States.
"I have already heard much of PurpleTrain.com's learning model before I joined it. It is one that truly focuses on the learners and is quite unmatched in the Asia Pacific region. This model essentially consists of trained e-facilitators who are also subject matter experts, bandwidth friendly curriculum, a heavy emphasis on interaction and collaboration - peer-to-peer and student-to-tutor - as well as a large dose of practical applications that meet the needs of life-long learners."
Its learning platform is one of the few that actually tracks participation rates and takes attendance. These statistics are not for show. They are actually monitored by our operations team so that e-facilitators are gently reminded to respond timely to queries and students are urged to show up for online classes. Students will not find such level of service and support in many traditional institutions of higher learning. PurpleTrain.com has grown tremendously. Since its inception, it has collated a rich archive of course materials, and benefited from feedback from e-facilitators, students and university partners. It has in place all the systems and quality assurance processes that make it a successful online student community. Mostly importantly, we have "humanized" the e-Learning
experience for our lifelong learners. This is the reason why our
student community stands at over 69,000, why some students take
on a second programme with us, and why some students heartily endorse
and recommend PurpleTrain.com to their friends. ABOUT PURPLETRAIN.COM By combining innovative technology with world-class training content, PurpleTrain.com offers companies and individuals a high value, quality and effective online training solution. Over 700 online courses are available, ranging from Master and Bachelor degree programmes, to diplomas and certificates in business and IT programmes. Our online learning community now stands at over 69,000 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 lifelong learning services in information technology and business management. Through its international franchising and licensing programmes and strategic acquisitions, Informatics presently has a global network of more than 614 centers spanning more than 49 countries. The company presently offers the following products: Informatics Institute, Thames Business School, Informatics Professional Development Centre, CAL Learning Centre, Cambridge Child Development Centre, RACC, NCC licensing and PurpleTrain.com licensing. For more information, please visit http://www.informaticsgroup.com For more information on course, please contact: Thang Tze Yian For enrollment enquiries, please contact : Coreen Kuo All trademarks and registered trademarks are property
of their respective owners. Certain of the statements in this press
release are forward-looking in nature and, accordingly, are subject
to risks and uncertainties. The actual results may differ from those
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Special Report in the United States in October 2002 found that amidst
a shakeup in the e-Learning industry, the survivors are those who
know the needs of working adults well. Sean
Gallagher, an analyst with Eduventures, a company that tracks
the education industry says, "People aren't looking for
an ivory-tower experience. Often time, the only real option for
working adults to upgrade while holding on to their full-time jobs
is through online education." 
"What
they really want", says Arthur Levine,
president of Columbia University's Teachers College, "is
convenience, strong student services like financial aid counselling
and academic advising, and high quality instruction."
University
of Portsmouth's Head of Technology (Extended Campus) and Honorary
Chairman of PurpleTrain.com's e-Learning Academy Dr
Jonathan Britt comments on PurpleTrain.com's winning formula,
"To do well in an online environment requires a high level
of motivation and discipline, much more than in a traditional classroom
setting. The facilitation provided by PurpleTrain.com has been fantastic,
and you can see the students have really benefited tremendously.
I am sure the scepticism surrounding online learning will disappear
in no time and we will see more students willing to take up online
learning as a means to achieve their academic and career aspirations."
Thang
Tze Yian brought with her a wealth of experience in driving and
supporting e-Learning initiatives in a tertiary institution when
she joined PurpleTrain.com as Head of the e-Learning Academy,