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Blogs by Indian Learning Professionals and Companies

June 25, 2009
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| Categories: Blogging, eLearning, India, Learning professionals, Lists, postsofthepast

Last December I posted top 10 blogs by learning professionals in India. Since then I have come across many other blogs by learning professionals and companies in India. Here are the blogs by learning professionals and companies in India that I read.Individual blogs:Writers Gateway - Rupa RajagopalanSpeak Out - Archana NarayananFree as in Freedom - Sumeet MogheIDiot - Geeta BoseDesigned for Learning - Taruna GoelInstructional Design: On the road to learning - Sreya DuttaViplav Baxi’s Meanderings - Viplav BaxieCube, Collaborative Learning Environment - various authorsRandom Ideas - Mousumi GhoshEducation,Technology,Ideas,India -…

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My Twitter Bookmarks

May 27, 2009
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| Categories: Bookmarks, Links, Lists, Social bookmarking, Twitter

Now that I am using Twitter more frequently, I am bookmarking links on Twitter as favorites. I don’t save all the links on del.icio.us. Here are some of my Twitter favorites.   cammybean RT @eduify The Top 100 Education Blogs http://tinyurl.com/36ou27 (via @GarinKilpatrick) hjarche Gloria Gery: Why don't we weigh them? - a classic for the learning profession  http://www.gloriagery.com/articles/whydont jtcobb Free online course: Instructional Design for the Subject Matter Expert (SME):  http://www.kineolearning.com/60minutemasters/ jtcobb Whether for e-learning or content marketing - How to create your own online course: 100 tools, guides, and…

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Indian Learning Professionals on Twitter

May 26, 2009
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| Categories: India, Learning professionals, Lists, Twitter

Following up on my post on blogs by learning professionals in India, here’s a list of Indian Learning professionals who tweet a little more frequently on Twitter. My criteria for selecting: minimum 50 tweets and must have bio text. Mind you, not all tweets are about learning/elearning. You can catch me on twitter at @manishmo.Here’s the list of Indian learning professionals on Twitter, sorted on most tweets: Ruchi Bhatia @rucsb: Web 2.0 buff,IBMer,Learning professional, Indian, geek,net addicted, thought leader, luvable !*Abhinava @Abhinava: biker... dreamer... sapiosexualGeetha Krishnan @thoughts: Learning professionalArchana Narayanan…

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10 Reasons Why You Should be on Twitter

April 21, 2009
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| Categories: Lists, Social Media, Twitter

10 reasons why should you be on Twitter:You don’t really have the time/patience/inclination/skill to write a blog.You don’t really follow any specific websites/blogs regularly. You mostly read links recommended by others, usually in an email.You want to stay up to date with thought leaders of the industry.You want to quickly get answers to your questions, suggestions on what to do, where to go.You always miss out someone while updating them about things happening to you.You want to get quick updates on the latest news.Your ITS has blocked Facebook and Orkut…

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10 Tips to Get Started with Twitter

April 18, 2009
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| Categories: Getting Started, Lists, Mr. Tweet, Tips, TweetDeck, Twhirl, Twitter

I have been getting a lot of Twitter newbie followers, some folks who I am inducting to Twitter and others who read my blog, or have worked me at some point of time. I try to get them started by giving them tips and introducing them to people they can follow. So what’s my advice to get started on Twitter? Well Twitter is different things depending on how you use it and you need to experiment to figure out what works for you. Here are 10 tips to get you…

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My Top 10 Learning Tools, Apr 2009

April 17, 2009
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| Categories: Blogger, Blogging, bubbl.us, Chrome, compfight, eCube, Learning, LinkedIn, Lists, Mr. Tweet, Reader, Tools, TweetDeck, Twitter, Wordpress

It’s time to update my top 10 learning tools and techniques list. This time I’ll try to focus more on tools and services. You can view my previous lists of Aug 08 and Jan 08. My top 10 learning tools in April 2009: Google Reader – I read blogs via RSS feeds. I have tried Google Reader, NetVibes, Bloglines and Feedly, and I have stuck to Google Reader. It also allows me to share interesting articles from my feeds. In case you are interested, you can view my shared items…

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Top 5 Posts for Q1 2009 on Learn and Lead

April 16, 2009
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| Categories: Blogging, Lists

Here are the top 5 post on this blog in the first three months of 2009.Getting Started with Instructional DesignWhat’s your Web 2.0 Quotient?Results of Unofficial Salary Survey 2008Instructional Designer CompetenciesTop 10 Blogs by Learning Professionals in India

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What Type of a Leader Are You?

March 23, 2009
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| Categories: Behaviour, HR, Leadership, Lists, Management, people management, Reflection, Supervisor

It’s happened to me a few times now. We are going somewhere and I am asked to follow someone else’s car. I observed three types of leaders:   1.       The Highly skilled but somewhat Self-Centred Leader: The driver in the car ahead of me just zooms past leaving me to figure out the way myself. They are usually very skilled at manoeuvring through the traffic themselves. You will usually lose them at a traffic signal that they go past leaving you stranded waiting for the light to turn. They are…

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Top 10 Blogs by Learning Professionals in India

December 19, 2008
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| Categories: Blogging, eCube, eLearning, India, Learning, Learning professionals, Lists

Jul 2009 Update: You can find an updates list of blogs by Learning professionals and companies in India here.Time magazine came out with an issue of ‘Lists’, publishing various top 10 lists for 2008. RWW has many posts on various top 10s of the year. Inspired I started working on top 10 blogs by learning/training professionals in India, about learning/training. I found it hard to find 10 blogs that are updated regularly (at least 1 post a month)!!! Obviously I am not reading enough. So where are the learning/training professionals…

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‘To-Learn’ List

September 2, 2008
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| Categories: Lists, The Big Question

This month’s Learning Circuit’s Big question is on To-Learn Lists. It seems to be a very interesting concept. Some years ago we went through Personal Effectiveness Program (PEP) in our organization. This was loosely based on Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. As part of this program we were expected to create life’s goals in various areas of life. To me, the To-Learn lists are similar, perhaps not sounding as lofty as life’s goals but equally important. And if we can articulate this and track our progress on…

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