• Masters and PhD students

Technology-enabled teaching and learning, language education, critical discourse analysis, critical literacy, reading and academic writing, student supervision, Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL), generative AI literacy, teaching and learning, and digitally responsive assessment in Global South contexts.

• “Indigenous Ways of Understanding in Digital Spaces” (forthcoming) [Edited book]

• Giray, L., Sevnarayan, K., & Ranjbaran Madiseh, F. 2025. Beyond Policing: AI Writing Detection Tools, Trust, Academic Integrity, and Their Implications for College Writing. Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/10875301.2024.2437174
• Giray, L., Sevnarayan, K., & Maphoto, K. 2026. AI Literacy Framework for Academic Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Internet Reference Services Quarterly,https://doi.org/10.1080/10875301.2025.2605067
• Maphoto, K. & Sevnarayan, K. 2021. Reimaging feedback for improved academic writing in distance education: lecturers and markers' perspectives in South Africa. Journal for Language Teaching, 55(2): 147–167. https://doi.org/10.4314/jlt.v55i2.6
• Maphoto, K. B., Sevnarayan, K., Mohale, N. E., Suliman, Z., Ntsopi, T. J., & Mokoena, D. 2024. Advancing Students’ Academic Excellence in Distance Education: Exploring the Potential of Generative AI Integration to Improve Academic Writing Skills. Open Praxis, 16(2), pp. 142–159. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.16.2.649     
• Mohale, N. E., Suliman, Z., Maphoto, K. ., Sevnarayan, K., Mokoena, D., & Nstopi, T. J. 2024. Artificial intelligence or augmented intelligence? Experiences of lecturers and students in an ODeL university. Acitya: Journal of Teaching and Education, 6(2), 317–353. https://doi.org/10.30650/ajte.v6i2.3974
• Mohale, N. E., Sevnarayan, K., Maphoto, K. B., & Suliman, Z. 2025. ‘OMG! You used AI’ – A critical exploration of linguistic stigmatization in the era of generative artificial intelligence. Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, 15(4), e202536. https://doi.org/10.30935/ojcmt/17484
• Naidu, K., & Sevnarayan, K. 2023. ChatGPT: An ever-increasing encroachment of artificial intelligence in online assessment in distance education. Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, 13(1), e202336. https://doi.org/10.30935/ojcmt/13291
• Naidu, K., & Sevnarayan, K. 2025. Culturally relevant assessment and generative AI: A co-creation framework for pre-service teachers. Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, 8(2), 132-142, https://doi.org/10.37074/jalt.2025.8.2.20
• Oppong-Poku, K., & Sevnarayan, K. 2024. Teaching English Comprehension in Senior High Schools: Techniques, Approaches, and Perceptions in a Ghanain context. Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning, [S.l.], v. 13, n. 2, p. 105-124. https://doi.org/10.21580/vjv13i223691
• Paragoo, S., & Sevnarayan, K. 2024. Flipped classrooms for engaged learning during the pandemic: Teachers' perspectives and challenges in a South African high school, in (Eds.) Singh, J., & Kumar, V. Technology-mediated Learning During the Pandemic: Challenges vs Outcomes (1st ed.). Routledge India. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003491712
• Sevnarayan, K. 2019. A case study of knowledge structures and pedagogic practices in English Education and English Literary Studies at a South African university. Journal for Language Teaching. Vo 53, Number 1, pp.173-193. https://doi.org/10.4314/jlt.v53i1.8
• Sevnarayan, K. 2022. Reimaging eLearning technologies to support students: On reducing transactional distance at an open and distance eLearning institution. E-Learning and Digital Media, 19(4), 421–439. https://doi.org/10.1177/20427530221096535
• Sevnarayan, K. 2022. A Trajectory towards a Culture of Quality: A Phenomenological Study of an Open Distance Learning University in South Africa and in China. Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 7(3), 49-64. https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2022.16
• Sevnarayan, K. 2022. Podcasting through the Pandemic: Students’ Perceptions and Performance at an ODeL Institution, Edutech, 21 (2), 115-138, https://doi.org/10.17509/e.v21i2.49237
• Sevnarayan, K., & Mohale, N.E. 2022. Overcoming Transactional Distance through Implementing Podcasts and Vodcasts: Perceptions from an Open Distance and e-Learning University, International Journal of Pedagogy and Teacher Education, 6 (2), 116-125, https://dx.doi.org/10.20961/ijpte.v6i2.66813
• Sevnarayan, K. 2022. ‘Your voice counts’: Understanding how online student evaluations encourage lecturers’ pedagogies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 4 (2), 86-99. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.202218458
• Sevnarayan, K. 2023. The Implementation of Telegram as A Pedagogical Tool to Enhance Student Motivation and Interaction. Journal of Education Technology, 7 (1), 71–79. https://doi.org/10.23887/jet.v7i1.52488
• Sevnarayan, K. 2023. Moodle as a Tool to Reduce Transactional Distance at an Open Distance and e-Learning University. Studies in Learning and Teaching, 4 (1), 13-29. https://doi.org/10.46627/silet.v4i1.165
• Sevnarayan, K., Maphoto, K., & Lephalala, M.M.K. 2023. Moodle in an Open Distance E-Learning University: Is it a Building or Stumbling Block to Student Interaction and Autonomy? Progressio, 44 (1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-5895/11608
• Sevnarayan, K. & Mohale, N.E. 2024. The implementation of supplementary e-learning tools: Analyzing the complexities of student challenges with podcasts and vodcasts in distance learning, Interactive Learning Environments, 32(10), 5994–6006. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2023.2246513
• Sevnarayan, K. 2024. Telegram as a Pedagogical Tool During the COVID-19 Pandemic, in (Eds.) Kumar, V., & Rewari, M. Pandemics in the Age of Social Media : Information and Misinformation in Developing Nations (1st Ed.). 136-152, London : Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003315278-8
• Sevnarayan, K., Maphoto, K.B. 2024. Exploring the Dark Side of Online Distance Learning: Cheating Behaviours, Contributing Factors, and Strategies to Enhance the Integrity of Online Assessment. J Acad Ethics, 22, 51-70, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-023-09501-8
• Sevnarayan, K. 2024. Exploring the dynamics of ChatGPT: Students and lecturers’ perspectives at an open distance e-learning university. Journal of Pedagogical Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPR.202426525
• Sevnarayan, K., & Potter, M. 2024. Generative Artificial Intelligence in distance education: Transformations, challenges, and impact on academic integrity and student voice. Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching. 7(1), 1-11, https://doi.org/10.37074/jalt.2024.7.1.41
• Sevnarayan, K. & Vaughan, N. 2024. Collaborative Learning in a Large Enrollment Online Course: Application of the Community of Inquiry Framework. International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education. 39(2). https://doi.org/10.55667/10.55667/ijede.2024.v39.i2.1341
• Sevnarayan, K., & Vaughan, N. 2025. Shared Metacognition, Collaboration and the Community of Inquiry Framework in Action. COMPETITIVE: Journal of Education, 4(3), 305–327. https://doi.org/10.58355/competitive.v4i3.183
• Sevnarayan, K., & Suliman, Z. 2024. The Nexus of Business English and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Leveraging Moodle’s Potential to Augment Lecturers’ Pedagogies for Student Support. Scrutiny2, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/18125441.2024.2321338
• Suliman, Z., & Sevnarayan, K. 2024. Transforming workplace English in distance education: Exploring e-learning preferences and experiences in the digital age. Journal of Research on English and Language Learning (J-REaLL), 5(1), 36–54. https://doi.org/10.33474/j-reall.v5i1.21168
• Suliman, Z., Mohale, N.E., Maphoto, K.B., & Sevnarayan, K. 2024.  The interconnectedness between Ubuntu principles and generative artificial intelligence in distance higher education institutions. Discov Educ 3, 188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-024-00289-2

• Participation in the WCOL 2019- Presented a paper titled “Reimaging Online Education for Better Futures: A Case of an ODeL Institution in South Africa” in Dublin, Ireland in November 2019.
• Participation in the Writing Research Across Borders conference with a poster presentation titled: “Using Telegram to enhance student interaction and motivation in academic writing” in Trondheim, Norway in February 2023.
• Presentation and attendance at the ICDE conference at Costa Rica in November 2023. Presented a paper titled ‘Exploring the dynamics of ChatGPT: Students and lecturers’ perspectives at an ODeL university’.
• Presentation and attendance at the CHSSE conference in Montreal, Canada in June 2024. Presented a paper titled, ‘Collaborative Learning in a Large Enrollment Online Course: Application of the Community of Inquiry Framework’ with Prof Norm Vaughan from Calgary University, Canada.
• Presentation and attendance at the BCE conference in Barcelona, Spain in November 2024. Presented a paper titled, ‘Breaking Down Virtual Walls: Shared Metacognition, Collaboration and the Community of Inquiry Framework in Action’ with Prof. Norm Vaughan from Calgary University, Canada.
• Presentation and attendance at the 30^th ICDE world conference in Wellington, New Zealand in November 2025. Presented a paper titled ‘Collaborative Learning in a Large Enrollment Online Course: Application of the Community of Inquiry Framework and Generative AI’ with Prof. Norm Vaughan from Calgary University, Canada.
• Presentation and attendance at the The Asian Conference on Education (ACE2025) in Tokyo, Japan, in November 2025. Presented a paper titled, ‘‘AI Doesn’t Replace Teachers — It Reconnects Them’: Innovating English Education Through Avatars, Bots, and Automated Content in Distance Learning.’

• International exchange fellowship program in Shanghai, China 2019.
• NRF research grant for the period 2023-2025
• NRF C3-Rated (2025-2029)
• Research development academy grant (2026)

Other Academic Honours, Awards & Achievements

• Best engaged scholarship project award of 2025 with my team

• Enhancing Student Success: Technology-integrated Teaching and Learning in an Open Distance e-Learning University
• The Intersection of AI, Academic Literacy, and Student Collaboration in Open Distance Learning Contexts

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2446-8885