Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Robert Z. Zheng is an associate professor of instructional design and educational technology in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Utah, USA. His research area includes multimedia and cognition, instructional design and development, web-based learning, and educational gamification. He has published over 60 refereed journal papers and book chapters. He is the editor and co-editor of nine books published by Routledge, Nova Science, and IGI Global. He was the founding editor of the International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (2008-2012).