Rate My Professor Jason Zagami

Dr. Jason Zagami is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and Professional Studies within the Faculty of Education at Griffith University on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in 2008 and a Master of Education in Educational Technology from Queensland University of Technology. With many years of experience in K-12 computer education as a teacher and in tertiary teacher education, Zagami teaches in the field of computer education across all levels of schooling, preparing teachers for the Technologies curriculum. His career includes significant leadership roles in educational organizations, such as president of the Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE), president of the Queensland Society for Information Technology in Education (QSITE), editor of the Australian Educational Computing journal, member of the ACS ICT Educators board, and president of the Australian College of Educators (Gold Coast region).

Zagami's research specializations encompass innovations in educational technologies, including the identification of emerging trends, educational gaming with VR, AR, and virtual worlds, student co-creation of secondary worlds, AI applications in teaching, neural and cognitive activity measurement, and Computer Science Education (K-12) focusing on higher-order thinking skills, computational thinking, visual programming, robotics, drones, IoT, and addressing challenges for female participation. Key publications include "Machine learning for human learners: opportunities, issues, tensions and threats" (2020, cited extensively), "A K-6 computational thinking curriculum framework" (2016), "AI Chatbot Influences on Preservice Teachers' Understanding of Student Diversity and Lesson Differentiation in Online Initial Teacher Education" (2024), "Virtual Reality Utilisation in History Education: Discovery Through a Systematic Quantitative Literature Review" (2025), and "Preschool children's engagement with a social robot compared to a human instructor" (2023). He has contributed to ARC-funded projects, such as LP110200309 on educational gaming. Zagami has received major awards including Outstanding National Achievement by a Teacher, Queensland Computer Educator of the Year, Apple Distinguished Educator, and Google Certified Innovator. His scholarship has over 1,200 citations across 54 publications, influencing teacher preparation, digital technologies implementation, and educational technology trends in Australia.