Dr. Zhan Ying is an Associate Professor at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and assistant co-director of Academy for Educational Development and Innovation, 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 experience at the tertiary level, Dr. Zhan has published more than 60 articles in top academic journals. She is an active researcher with a strong record of securing external research grants, including General Research Grant ( 3 as PI) and PICO-Funded Public Policy Research (1 as PI). Most recently, she was named among the World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists by Stanford University in 2025. Additionally, she has received multiple teaching awards and was honored with The President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching for 2024/25 (Individual Award – General Faculty Member Category).

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

Senior Editor

Cogent Education

Associate Editor

Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning

Guest Editor

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Educational Psychology

Technology, Pedagogy and Education

Editorial board member of international journals

Education and Information Technologies 

The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Technology, Pedagogy and Education

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

International Journal of Applied Linguistics

International Journal of Educational Development

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice

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)