Zamzami Zainuddin

Dr Zamzami Zainuddin is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Human Sciences and Culture at Flinders University, Australia. He has international academic experience and previously served as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia. He earned his PhD in Information and Technology Studies in Education from the University of Hong Kong (HKU). His doctoral research focused on games for disaster preparedness and mitigation in schools. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Business at Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia.

His research sits at the intersection of educational technology, learning design, and human–technology interaction, examining how emerging digital technologies can enhance learning, motivation, engagement, assessment, cognitive load, and student development. His work encompasses gamification and game-based learning, immersive learning (XR), and human–AI interaction, with applications across education, language learning, sport, health, business, tourism, and climate change and natural disasters. A further strand of his research focuses on university students’ career development and future readiness, including graduate employability, AI-enabled digital portfolios, and the capabilities required to thrive in an AI-driven workplace. Complementing his research, his applied technical expertise includes game development and animation.

His broader work examines the social and psychological dimensions of digital life, including social media use, FOMO, technostress, digital wellbeing, gaming behaviour, and how digital experiences shape learning and everyday life. He also examines online safety, responsible technology use, and digital policy, with a particular interest in fostering healthier, safer, and more meaningful interactions with technology.

He is the founder of digital wellbeing games for children (www.gamekindness.com), as well as AI and digital literacy games for children (www.smartheroes.ai).

His significant contributions to these fields have been published in several top-tier EdTech journals (Q1/Top 1-5%), including Computers & Education, Educational Research Review, BJET, AJET, Education and Information Technologies, ETR&D, Learning and Instruction, and Interactive Learning Environments. 

He actively contributes to the international academic community, with presentations at leading conferences such as ASIS&T, AERA, and IEEE. He has also contributed to numerous international projects across Australia, Europe, Asia, the United States, and Sub-Saharan Africa. 

A full list of publications (Scopus H-Index 22)