Dr. Murali Padmanabhan is currently the Head of Learning Technology Solutions Group in TATA Consultancy Services. He and his team are responsible for developing and deploying e-Learning solutions within TCS. Dr. Murali has over 15 years of experience in teaching, IT technical training and e-Learning consulting. After earning a doctoral degree in 1993 in Applied Mathematics from University of Hyderabad, India, Dr. Murali started his career as Lecturer in a college. After a short teaching career, he switched over to IT technical training, delivering stand-up training on various technologies. He has handled many e-Learning consulting assignments that involve course development as well. His areas of interest include instructional design, the use of technology in learning, and learning in virtual worlds. 

 

Articles by Murali Padmanabhan

Meet the Challenge: Designing End User Training During Application Development

(8/31/09)
For instructional designers without a background or experience in application development, producing e-Learning for end-user training during the development can be a great challenge. It can be difficult to communicate with the development team because of time constraints, and especially because of a lack of familiarity with the documentation that the team produces.