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Long-awaited: Instructional Designers Community of India

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Finally, we have a community in India exclusively for Instructional Designers. A great initiative by Ram, Rupa and some other Instructional Designers, to bring together this community and collectively function as an organized body. The ID Community had their first successful meetup at Bangalore last month. You can join their community in LinkedIn to learn about their activities. They have also published a list of FAQs for people who want to be part of the community.

I think this is a much needed initative in India and I hope many of you join them and make this initiative a success. I wish them the best of luck!

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  1. RupaTuesday, April 28, 2009

    Hi Sreya

    Thanks for supporting the community and writing about it here.

    Looking forward to your participation :)

    regard
    Rupa

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  2. AnonymousTuesday, April 28, 2009

    Thank you for your encouraging words Sreya. This is indeed a great team effort. Rupa and Vijeesh require special credit for supporting me on this initiative. I am hopeful that this will go a long way in building a community of practice. Why don't you attend our next meet on May 23?

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