• Head of School - School of Media and Communication

  • School of Media & Communication
    Faculty of Social Sciences & Leisure Management
  •    +603 56295000
  •   prema.ponnudurai@taylors.edu.my


Ms. Prema Ponnudurai


Academic Qualification

  • Master of English as A Second Language, UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, Malaysia
  • Bachelor Of Arts (English Literature), Uni. Of Buckingham, United Kingdom

Professional Qualification

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Areas of Expertise

  • Humanities, Linguistics And Literature, Educational Linguistics
  • Social Sciences, Education, Education Policy, Management And Administration
  • Social Sciences, Education, E-Learning
  • Social Sciences, Education, Curriculum Development
  • Humanities, Linguistics And Literature, World Literature Studies

Research Interest

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Publications

2023
  • Leverage on ChatGPT Technology, The Sun Daily - Digital Media
  • Supporting futuristic approach education the way forward, The New Striats Times - Print Media
  • ChatGPT by OpenAI: Academia in knots about bots, The Malay Mail - Digital Media
2022
  • Universities must help students build human connects, The new Straits Times - Print Media
  • Re-Humanising Education, Bernama News - Digital Media
  • Rehumanising education, Sin Chiew Publications - Digital Media
2021
  • Driving our higher education back on track as an international education hub, Bebas News - Digital Media
2020
  • Future Ready Universities: Embracing the 4th Industrial Revolution - Book Chapter
  • Redesign Learning, The Star - Print Media
  • The Future of Higher Education Has Begun, The Expat Magazine - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
2018
  • An Exploratory Study of the Reading Habits of Urban Malaysians and its Impact on Academic Achievement (SCOPUS-Indexed), International Journal of Engineering and Technology - Article in Journals
  • Attitudes of Arts and Business Major Students towards Chemistry in a Liberal Arts Education System - Article in Proceeding
  • First-Year Experience (FYE) Curriculum Review for Academic, Social, and Emotional Connect. - Book Chapter
2017
  • EMPLOYABILITY AND MOTIVATING FACTORS AMONGST MALAYSIAN GRADUATES (SCOPUS-Indexed), International Educational Scientific Research Journal - Article in Journals
2014
  • Facebook: A shift from social to academia (ISI-Indexed) - Article in Proceeding
  • Facebook:Ashiftfromsocialtoacademia (SCOPUS-Indexed), Procedia-SocialandBehavioral, Elselvier - Article in Journals
2012
  • Malaysian Gen Y s Usage of Vocabulary in Academic Essay-Writing: A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Online versus Print Reading-to-Write Tasks (SCOPUS-Indexed), SEARCH: The Journal of the South East Asia Research centre for Communications and Humanities - Article in Journals

Research

  • Developing constructs of Digital Biculturalism (DiBiC) in the context of marginalised migrant workers in Malaysia ,  Co-researcher2023 to 2025, Taylor's University
  • Public Awareness on MCMC Label for Communications Equipment,  Co-researcher2022 to 2023, National

Awards and Stewardship

  • Study of U.S Institutes (SUSI), Funded by Fulbright Commision, Special, New York University, New York, Fellowship , 2017

Paper Presented

  • Attitudes of Arts and Business Major Students towards Chemistry in a Liberal Arts Education System, Taylor's 11th teaching & learning Conference (CONFERENCE), ORAL PRESENTER , 22/09/2018 to 23/09/2018
  • To Read or Not to Read, 3rd ASIA International Conference, University Technology Malaysia (CONFERENCE), ORAL PRESENTER , 09/12/2017 to 10/12/2017
  • First-Year Experience (FYE) Curriculum Review for Academic, Social, and Emotional Connect, Taylor's 9th Teaching & Learning Conference (CONFERENCE), ORAL PRESENTER , 06/10/2016 to 08/10/2016
  • Redesigning Curriculum through the First year Experience (FYE) Lens, Student Transition, Attrition and Retention Conference( STAR) (CONFERENCE), ORAL PRESENTER , 15/07/2015 to 18/07/2015
  • Malaysian gen y s usage of vocabulary in academic essay-writing: a comparison of the effectiveness of online versus print reading-to-write tasks, South East Asia Research Centre Conference (SEARCH) (CONFERENCE), ORAL PRESENTER , 09/09/2010 to 11/09/2010
  • Impact of ICT on argumentative content and vocabulary usage, International Conference ICT for Language Learning (CONFERENCE), ORAL PRESENTER , 13/07/2011 to 16/07/2011
  • Facebook: A shift from social to academia, Taylor's 6thTeaching & Learning Conference (CONFERENCE), ORAL PRESENTER , 10/10/2013 to 12/10/2013