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Dr Zina Cordery

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 6604
Email: v.cordery@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3420-3127

Zina is a Lecturer and Coordinator of the Digital Technologies specialisation (Secondary) in the School of Education.

Background

Zina advocates for the effective integration of technology-enhanced learning into the teaching and learning processes of the Secondary program. Zina completed her PhD at ECU in 2025, with research focused on the use of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies in secondary education. Her research explores the pedagogical, technological, and contextual factors influencing the adoption of immersive technologies in schools, with a particular focus on teacher experiences and professional practice.

She has extensive experience in Digital Technologies education, educational technology, AI literacy, and teacher professional learning. Zina teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate initial teacher education programs and supports Pre-Service Teachers to engage critically with contemporary curriculum, emerging technologies, and innovative pedagogical approaches. Alongside her teaching and research, Zina contributes to a range of professional and academic communities, including curriculum development, educational technology initiatives, conference presentations, and peer reviewing for national and international journals. Her research interests include Digital Technologies curriculum, AI in education, immersive technologies, STEM education, digital literacy, and technology-enhanced pedagogies such as Educational Technology and Pedagogies (TPACK).

Current teaching

  • CSE3151 - Computer Studies Curricula
  • CSE3152 - Teaching Introductory Computer Programming
  • DTS3101 - Systems Design 1
  • DGT6711 - Digital Technology Education Foundations
  • DGT6712 - Secondary Digital Technologies Education
  • CUR6210 - Curriculum Enrichment for the Major Secondary Specialisation

Professional associations

  • 2026 - Australian Education Computing Journal, AEC (Editorial Board)
  • 2023 - Girls Programming Network (Perth) (Committee Member)
  • 2023 - Reviewer: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, Computer and Education XR, Computers and Education Open, Journal of Research on Technology in Education, and Thinking, Skills and Creativity
  • 2019 - Australian Technology Teacher Educators Network, ATTEN (Member)
  • 2019 - Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) (Member)
  • 2018 - Educational Computing Association of Western Australia, ECAWA (Committee Member)

Awards and recognition

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2021 - School of Education Teaching and Learning Award

Research areas and interests

  • Digital Literacy
  • AI Literacy
  • Digital Technologies curriculum
  • TPACK
  • STEM Education
  • Immersive technologies (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Gaming, Simulations)
  • Teacher Professional Learning

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2025.
  • Master of Research Practice, Edith Cowan University, 2019.
  • Bachelor of Arts (Education)/Bachelor of Communications, Edith Cowan University, 2011.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Slater, E., Barwood, D., Cordery, Z. (2024). Pre-service teachers' use of ICT to collaborate to complete assessment tasks. The Australian Educational Researcher, 51(1), 103-122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00580-x.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Newhouse, P., Cooper, M., Cordery, Z. (2017). Programmable toys and free play in early childhood classrooms.. Australian Educational Computing, 32(1), 14p..
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