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DR. MARIA LORNA A. KUNNATH, Ed.D.
CEO/Owner/Founder
MLAKedusoln eLearnovate http://elearnovate.com
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PROFILE SUMMARY
SKILLED PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER , W EB APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER AND ELEARNING
CREATOR / DEVELOPER . SKILLED IN W INDOW S , LINUX AND MAC OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR W EB DEVELOPMENT BOTH
OPEN SOURCE AND PROPRIETARY . SKILLED IN W EB - BASED COURSE DEVELOPMENT , W EB - BASED SOLUTIONS FOR
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS , USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS A USER , DEVELOPER AND OPEN - NETW ORKER . PROFILE CAN
BE FOUND ON LINKEDIN , FACEBOOK AND TW ITTER .
PATENTS
PLE RIFY T OOL USPTO P UBLISHED P ATENT A PPLICATION ( HTTP :// ELEARNOVATE . ORG / MYACCOUNT )
EDUCATION
Doctorate in Education major in Curriculum and Instruction University of Central Florida, Orlando Florida
USA 2001
Dissertation topic: “Effect of Pictorial Icon Interface on User Learner Performance”Doctoral Dissertation
Research published as Dissertation Document UMI 3013893 Registered document in the US library of
Congress Registration Number TX5-404-570. Specialization: Instructional Systems (Educational
Technology)
Master of Science and Engineering (Urban Human Settlements Planning) Asian Institute of Technology,
Bangkok Thailand 1982
Thesis topic: A Project Management Study of Shanty Upgrading Projects in Colombo Sri Lanka, Asian
Institute of Technology 1982
Bachelor of Science Industrial Engineering University of Nueva Caceres, Naga City Philippines 1979
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Association for Computing Machinery ACM Professional Member
Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers IEEE Professional Member
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education AACE Professional Member
Assocaition for Educational and Communication Technologists AECT Professional Member
University of Central Florida Alumni Association UCFAA Alumni Member
Asian Institute of Technology Alumni Association AITAA Alumni Member
PORTFOLIO OF COMPUTER BASED PROJECTS
Tool-Based Application http://elearnovate.org/myaccount
Corporate Website http://elearnovate.com
Several iterations of my business website from 4 hosting companies to the current
DHS Pandemic Flu for Crisis and Emergency Risk Communicators Beta version (final version June 2007)
4 Modules of MDI211 Telemedicine published in DVD, Sakai and University Extension. UCDavis Health
System. 2006. In MS Powerpoint using Macromedia Captivate. Completed in 2006.
EPLG (unlaunched website). In Macromedia Dreamweaver. UCD School of Education. 2003.
Multimedia Measurement Instrument Lesson and Interactive Quiz. University of Central Florida. 2001. In
Macromedia Authorware, Camtasia and Dazzle Digital Video analog to digital converter.
Powerpoint files for each conference paper presented
Multimedia files for Doctoral Class Projects 1994-2001.
COMPUTER SKILLS
S KILLED IN W INDOW S , L INUX AND M AC OPERATING SYSTEMS AND W EB DEVELOPMENT BOTH OPEN SOURCE
( JOOMLA ) AND PROPRIETARY (MS O FICE ADOBE SUITE CAPTIVATE PRESENTER FLASH ARTICULATE )
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WORK EXPERIENCE
CEO/OWNER/FOUNDER 2003-current
MLAKEDUSOLN ELEARNOVATE
MLAKEDUSOLN ELEARNOVATE is a bootstrapped Do It Yourself elearning creation solutions company
established in 2003 in Davis, California USA.
Analyst III
January 2007-August 2007
Center for Health and Technology CHT Sacramento California USA
University of California Davis Health System UCDHS
Developed the first beta version of the Department of Health Services “Train The Trainer” Online Course
for Crisis and Emergency Risk Communicators using Articulate Suite and other multimedia software.
Status of Project: Beta Testing in progress starting 4/9/2007 on 16 in-house (CHT) Staff
Analyst III
July 2005-December 2005
CRISP and INFORMATICS (now called CTSC) Sacramento California USA
University of California Davis Health System UCDHS
Managed, built and completed 4 projects: NIH Grant Proposal for PAR 05 012 A Managed Learning
Environment for Clinical Translational Research; Redesign, research and rebuilding 4-module MDI211
course on Telemedicine; Conducted Workshop on Web-Based Survey Research to UCDHS Medical
Students;Published and presented 3 academic conference papers
Analyst III
November 2002-2003 University of California School of Education
Built the website for UCD School of Education Education, Policy, Law and Government
Published work completed for the Digital California Project and the School of Education on enabling
mainstream use of Educational Technologies in today’s university classroom
Published and presented work on course development at national and international conferences
Analyst II
Nov 2001-Oct 2002 University of California Davis IET Mediaworks
Quality Assurance on online undergraduate course on Anthropology.
Published and presented work on course development at national and international conference
Graduate Research Assistant
1996-1998 University of Central Florida, Orlando. Engineering Distance Learning Center.
Online course material digitization, e.g scanning images and text documents and converting to digital
format for online upload. Software Evaluation (mixed media and virtual reality) for purchase and use at the
center
Inventoried engineering distance learning initiatives worldwide
Published and presented work at national and international conferences.
Database Support Staff
1994-1995 Training and Simulation Technology Consortium TSTC Orlando, Florida
Compiled and entered in the database an inventory of educational training solutions
Assisted the architect in the TSTC database design
Research Associate
1984 – 1985 Thailand Development Research Institute TDRI. Bangkok ThailandWrote (for the President
and Development Director) grant proposals, speeches, state of the art papers on development research
Research Associate
1982-1984 Regional Research and Development Center, Thailand
Wrote (for the President) grant proposals, speeches, state of the art papers on development research
Junior Engineer
1980-1981 Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines CDCP
Junior Development Project Evaluator
1976-1979 Bicol River Basin Development Program, Land Use Project Philippines
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PUBLICATIONS
Kunnath, MLA. Paper/Poster. Learning Environments and MLAKedusoln eLearnovate’s PLErify Tool.
International Association of Technology in Education IATED ICERI. Seville, Spain. October 18-20, 2013.
Kunnath, MLA. Full Paper. MLAKedusoln eLearnovate's Unified E-Learning Strategy For the Semantic Web. AACE
Elearn 2010 World Conference on ELearning in Corporate, Government, Healthecare & Higher Education.
Orlando Florida October 18-22, 2010.
Kunnath, MLA. Full Research Paper. Personalizing the Web Experience, Semantic Web and MLAKedusoln
Elearnovate’s Unified E-Learning Strategy. International Conference on Elearning, E-Business EIS and eGovernment EEE 2008, Las Vegas Nevada USA June 12-15, 2010.
Kunnath, MLA . Product/Services Paper Category. Second Generation Elearning Innovation Usind OpenSource and Web-Services Solutions: MLAKedusoln eLearnovate’s Single Handed Approach to Deliver the
Goods. AACE Elearn 2009 World Conference on ELearning in Corporate, Government, Healthecare &
Higher Education. October 26-30 Vancouver BC Canada.
Kunnath, MLA, Designing a Rapid Prototype Model RPM Online Training Course for CDHS Pandemic
Influenza Emergency Risk Communicator. Full Research Paper for International Conference on Elearning,
E-Business EIS and e-Government EEE 2008, Las Vegas Nevada USA 2008.
Kunnath, MLA, Completing the Build of the Re-designed Web-Based Graduate Course on Telemedicine for
the University of California Davis, Poster for presentation at EAIR Forum Innsbruck Austria August 2007.
Kunnath. MLA and Yellowlees, P . A Managed Learning Environment for CRISP, IEEE, Kerkrade, the
Netherlands. July 2006.
Kunnath, MLA. Redesigning and Building the Telemedicine Course. Hawaii. AACE International
Conference on E-Learn. October 2006.
Kunnath, MLA. Informatics-Rich Managed Learning Environment for Clinical and Translational Research.
AACE. Hawaii. October 2006.
Regular Participation to Annual MIS WebWise Conferences 2002-2005.
Kunnath, MLA . Educational Technology Initiatives in Carnegie One Universities IADIS Lisbon Portugal.
December 2004.
Kunnath, MLA . Instructional Systems and Educational Technology Initiatives in Carnegie One Universities.
IASTED, Melbourne Australia. June 2005.
Kunnath, MLA. Video on Internet Protocol. IASTED, Melbourne Australia. June 2005.
Kunnath, MLA . Instructional Systems and Educational Technology Initiatives in Carnegie One
Universities. AECT Summer Leadership and Professional Development Institute. University of North
Texas. June 2004.
Kunnath, MLA . A Resource-Based Integrated Learning Environment for California K-20 Education, A
Model of Implementation for 21st Century Learning. (Paper). E-Learn 2003, Phoenix Arizona. Nov
2003.
Kunnath, MLA . A Course Evaluation Quality Assurance for a General Education Course at the
University of California Davis. (Paper). International Conference for Computers in Education ICCE,
New Zealand. Dec 2002.
Kunnath, MLA. et al. Dissertation “Efect of Pictorial Icon On Learner Performance” later published in
“Computers and Human Behavior”. Elsevier Science. October 2002.
Kunnath, MLA. Interface Design, Functionality and Course Evaluation Quality Assurance for a General
Education Course at the University of California Davis. (Paper-Demo). AACE WorldConference on
EDMedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications. Denver, Colorado. June 24-29, Jun 24-29, 2002.
Kunnath, MLA. Interface Design and Software Tools for Creating a Multimedia Measurement Instrument.
(Paper and Poster). Association of Educational Communications and Technology AECT. Atlanta,
Georgia. November 2001.
Kunnath, MLA. Interface Design and Software Tools for Creating a Multimedia Measurement
Instrument. (Paper and Poster). AACE-EDMedia. Tampere, Finland. June 25-30, 2001.
Kunnath, MLA . Cognitive Issues for Learning and Performance from Multimedia Interfaces:
Implications for Design. (Paper). AACE EDMedia. Montreal, Canada June 26-July 1, 2000 to 300
estimated session attendees, Page 1378 Conference Proceedings.
Kunnath, MLA . Current Approach to Multimedia Interface Design. (Paper). AACE EDMedia. Seattle
Washington, 1999. June 19-24, 1999 to 70 estimated session attendees. Page 1270 Conference
Proceedings. June 1999
Kunnath, MLA . Computer Users and the Need for a Multimedia Interface Design. International Conference
on Technology in Education ICTE. Edinburgh Scotland. March 29-31, 1999 to 50 estimated session
attendees . Page 96 Conference Proceedings.
Kunnath, MLA. An Assessment of Engineering Undergraduate Distance Learning Programs. AACE World
Conference on EDMedia. Freiburg Germany. June 20-25, 1998 to 10 estimated session attendees. Page
1709 Conference Proceedings. June 1998.
Kunnath, MLA. and Eaglin, R. Engineering Undergraduate Distance Learning Programs: An Assessment.
National Educational Computing Conference NECC. San Diego California. June 20-24 1998.
Other Information:
Regular invited participation at Technology Conferences in Silicon Valley, New York., Las Vegas for Cloud, Investors and