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Personal profile
Dr. Zhan Ying is an Associate Professor at The Education University of Hong Kong. She holds a PhD from The University of Hong Kong and specializes in feedback, formative assessment, and e-assessment, with a focus on higher education.
With over 20 years of tertiary-level experience, Dr. Zhan has published more than 60 refereed journal articles and received multiple teaching awards, including Distinguished Young Teacher, Best Undergraduate Supervisor, and Teaching Excellence honors. Most recently, she was honored with The President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching 2024/25 (Individual Award – General Faculty Member Category).
Research interests
Interdisciplinary curriculum development and implementation
Teacher professional development
Teaching Interests
Curriculum and assessment
Assessment for productive learning
Effective teaching and positive learning environment
Practitioner-based research project
Inquiring school-based assessment: issues and strategies
Teachers and teaching in context
Teacher leadership and professionalism
Research methods in education
General education foundation course
Professional information
External Appointments
Senior Editor
Cogent Education
Guest Editor
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
Educational Psychology
Editorial board member of international journals
Education and Information Technologies
The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher
The Journal of Asia TEFL
Reviewer of the following SSCI journals:
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
Computers & Education
Higher Education
British Journal of Educational Technology
Assessing Writing
Language Assessment Quarterly
Teaching and Teacher Education
Technology, Pedagogy and Education
Thinking Skills and Creativity
Computers & Education: Artificial Intelligence
Learning and Individual Differences
Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice
Asia-Pacific Journal of Education
International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching
Educational Studies
British Educational Research Journal
Book proposal reviewer of Springer
A newspaper column writer of “EdUHK Perspectives” in the Sing Tao Daily/ Hong Kong Economic Journal/Ming Po
Co-chair of sub-conferences for GCCCE and ICCE
The chair for GCCCE 2025 doctoral student forum
The sub-conference co-chair for GCCCE 2023 C2:Mobile, Ubiquitous & Contextual Learning
The sub-conference co-chair for GCCCE 2022 C8: STEM & Maker Education
The sub-conference co-chair for GCCCE 2021 C8: STEM & Maker Education
The sub-conference co-chair for ICCE 2020 C7: Practice-driven Research, Teacher Professional Development and Policy of ICT in Education
Member of international research associations
WERA (World Education Research Association) research network for social metacognition and big data
The Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Developing students’ feedback literacy through online interactive peer assessment: Interaction modes, sequential behavioural patterns, and influential factors
ZHAN, Y. (PI), SUN, D. (CoI), YAN, Z. (CoI) & CHIU, M. M. (CoI)
01/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research project
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Understanding Student Engagement with the Feedback Provided By Generative Artificial Intelligence: Patterns, Dynamics and Influencing Factors
ZHAN, Y. (PI), YAN, Z. (CoI), David, B. (CoI) & Sin-Wang, C. (CoI)
01/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Research project
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Investigating Primary School Teachers’ E-assessment Practices, Intentions and Influencing Factors in the New Normal: Implications for Developing E-assessment Policy
ZHAN, Y. (PI), YAN, Z. (CoI) & SO, W. M. W. (CoI)
16/05/22 → 15/05/23
Project: Research project
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Dual Feedback Literacies of Pre-service Teachers: Temporal Change, Interplay and Influential Factors
ZHAN, Y. (PI)
01/01/22 → 30/06/24
Project: Research project
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Centre of Excellence for Higher Education Teaching and Learning Innovations under the World Bank’s “Higher Education Improvement Project” (HEIP) in Cambodia
LIM, C. P. (PI), FONG, W. T. R. (Team Member), LEUNG, K. W. (Team Member), YUN, P. H. P. (Team Member), YANG, D. L. (Team Member), YAN, Z. (Team Member), ZHAN, Y. (Team Member) & XU, H. X. (Team Member)
29/12/20 → 31/03/24
Project: Other project
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Assessing English writing self-efficacy beliefs, self-regulation, and performance through asynchronous computer-mediated feedback and face-to-face peer feedback
ZHAN, Y. & TENG, M. F., 2025, In: Educational Assessment. 30, 1, p. 4-20Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Generative artificial intelligence as an enabler of student feedback engagement: A framework
ZHAN, Y., BOUD, D., DAWSON, P. & YAN, Z., 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Higher Education Research & Development.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Identifying the roles of technology: A systematic review of STEM education in primary and secondary schools from 2015 to 2023
SUN, D., ZHAN, Y., WAN, Z. H., YANG, Y. & LOOI, C. K., 2025, In: Research in Science & Technological Education. 43, 1, p. 145-169Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
9 Citations (Scopus) -
Investigating the impact of ChatGPT-assisted feedback on the dynamics and outcomes of online inquiry-based discussion
BA, S., ZHAN, Y., HUANG, L. & LU, G., May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Educational Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Modeling student teachers’ self-regulated learning of complex professional knowledge: A sequential and clustering analysis with think-aloud protocols
HUANG, L., ZHAN, Y. & BA, S., Aug 2025, In: Computers & Education. 233, 105310.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Finalist Faculty Quality Journal Article Award 2021-2022
ZHAN, Y. (Recipient), Jun 2022
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Finalist Faculty Quality Journal Article Award 2022-2023
ZHAN, Y. (Recipient), Oct 2023
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The President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching 2024/25 (Individual Award – General
ZHAN, Y. (Recipient), May 2025
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