Sahana Chattopadhyay’s ID and Other Reflections Tom Stone at Element K blog provides useful summaries of learning and development events and news. 2009 was a continuation of my journey of online self-learning. share with you the top learning resources from my PLE (personal learning environment) for the year 2009. have found these valuable in my learning during the year. This is definitely not a comprehensive list. Here are my top learning resources for the year 2009 (in no particular order): Twitter has been one of the most valuable learning tool for me this year. You can view them here. MORE >>

The survey is not based on responses by companies but based on responses provided by you, the employee. This year’s questionnaire attempts to find out more about you and the industry to provide a more in-depth analysis. It’s time to launch the 2010 Unofficial Salary Survey for elearning, content development and training jobs in India. There's nothing official about this survey. This survey is not associated with any organization. The survey is anonymous. Click Unofficial eLearning Salary Survey of India 2010 to participate in the survey. MORE >>

would look for the ITS team providing awareness about official tools available and training on how to use them. In the recent few months, I have encountered situations that required multi-location teams to collaborate and customers requiring almost real-time status update. have tried to encourage usage of the “cloud” for the team spread across locations working on the same documents/spreadsheets. We have SharePoint Server as an option but that’s mostly used as file storage, if at all. have explored Google Docs and Zoho. However for some reason working on the cloud just hasn’t take off. MORE >>

As an Asian service provider working with Western clients, you start at an even keel. This trust at the starting point of the relationship lasts a long time, through the usual ups and downs of project DLC, provided you are professional and competent. Coming to Asian customers, I have come across two types of relationships between them and Asian service providers. There is some kind of unseen but powerful driver that forces Asian customers to be aloof and somewhat distrustful of their vendors, as they refer to their service providers. Guilty until proven innocent! MORE >>

The survey is not based on responses by companies but based on responses provided by you, the employee. This year’s questionnaire attempts to find out more about you and the industry to provide a more in-depth analysis. It’s been a slow start to the 2010 Unofficial Salary Survey of eLearning, Content Development and Training jobs. You can now view the responses by following the Responses link. Most participants have 10 years work experience (28%) followed by 5 and 3 years (11% each). So far the survey seems to be dominated by male responders (72%). Do spread the word around. MORE >>