Zamzami Zainuddin
Senior Lecturer in Education
College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Dr. Zamzami Zainuddin is a Senior Lecturer at the College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work at Flinders University in Australia. Before this role, he was a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Education at the University of Malaya (UM) in Malaysia.
He grew up in Indonesia, and driven by a deep desire to create meaningful change, particularly due to his roots in a rural setting, he pursued higher education to make a significant impact. His academic journey took him to Malaysia, the USA, South Korea, and Hong Kong, where he broadened his perspectives and contributed to the global community before settling in Australia. He earned his PhD in Information and Technology Studies in Education from the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong (HKU).
His research interests include innovative pedagogy and technology-supported learning, such as Flipped Learning, Blended Learning, Immersive Learning, and Gamified Learning. He also investigates a broad spectrum of Educational Technology, Authentic Assessment, Learning Motivation and Engagement. Additionally, he also focuses on Digital Gap, Digital Citizenship, Digital Literacy, and Online Radicalisation.
The central focus of his research centres around technology-enhanced learning. His scholarly contributions in this field have been showcased in prestigious international journals with high impact factors (IF) such as Computers & Education, Educational Research Review, the British Journal of Educational Technology, the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, Education and Information Technologies, and Interactive Learning Environment.
His expertise extends beyond technology-supported learning to encompass educational research with a proficiency in mixed methods. Additionally, he possesses skills in bibliometric analysis, meta-analysis, and systematic literature reviews. Notably, his systematic literature review on gamification in education earned him recognition, securing the distinction of having the top-cited article in the prestigious journal Educational Research Review (Journal Citation Reports - Clarivate, 2024). His curent book publication title: Gamification in A Flipped Classroom: Pedagogical Methods and Best Practices, published by Springer.
His research has also been presented at renowned and reputable international conferences such as IEEE, AERA, and ASIS&T. He has also worked on a number of international e-learning projects in Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Sub-Saharan countries such as Gamifying Sexual Education, Reading Battle, Low-Tech Effective Learning, and Gamified Reading Programme.
He has been consecutively listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists from 2021-2024 for his scientific impact in the field of Education, as announced by Stanford University and Elsevier (Ioannidis, 2021; 2022, 2023, & 2024)
- Deputy Lead: Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Coordinator and Training
- Coordinator for the following topics in Postgraduate education courses: Approaches to Research, Research Design and Methods, Artificial Intelligence in Education, and Educational Practice and Technology
Educational Research and Educational Technology
- Education - Teaching
- Education - Technology
- Indonesia
- Internet
- Motivation
- Research
- AI in Education
- Digital Pedagogy
- Educational Technology
- Gamification in Education
- Immersive Learning
- Mixed Methods Research
- Social Media
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