Zumbach Jörg

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jörg Zumbach

Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg

Tel.: +43 (0) 662 / 8044-7318
Fax.: +43 (0) 662 / 8044-7333
E-Mail: joerg.zumbach[at]plus.ac.at

Room: 3.055, Facility Freisaal („Nawi“), 3rd Floor
Office hours: by appointment, register via email.

Short resume

Jörg Zumbach holds a degree in psychology from the University of Heidelberg. Since 2006, he has been a full professor of science education and educational research with digital technologies.  His research investigates the effects of digital teaching and learning, hybrid learning, collaborative learning, media and aggression, higher education, and science education.

Jörg Zumbach is the author of numerous publications in these fields and is editor and member of the editorial boards of several national and international journals. He is a reviewer for the German Research Foundation, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and the OeAD and acts as a consultant for the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science, and Research.

Research projects

  • Cognition and Motivation in Learning with Digital and Analogous Learning Environments
  • Higher Education
  • Adaptive Learning Technologies
  • Cognitive Load
  • Instructional Design
  • Chances and limits of (meta-)cognitive scaffolding in learning with digital media.
  • Aggression in Violent Computer Gaming: The Value of implicit measures
  • EdTecAll

Publications (selected)

Zumbach, J. (2021). Digitales Lehren und Lernen. Kohlhammer

Zumbach, J. & Astleitner, H. (2016). Effektives Lehren an der Hochschule. Ein Handbuch zur Hochschuldidaktik. Kohlhammer.

Zumbach, J., Bernstein, D., Narciss, S., & Marsico, G. (Eds.)(2023). International Handbook of Psychology Learning and Teaching. Springer. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26248-8

Zumbach, J., Kotzebue, L. V., & Pirklbauer, C. (2022). Does Augmented Reality Also Augment Knowledge Acquisition? Augmented Reality Compared to Reading in Learning About the Human Digestive System? Journal of Educational Computing Research, 60(5), 1325-1346. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331211062945

Zumbach, J., Rammerstorfer, L., & Deibl, I. (2020). Cognitive and metacognitive support in learning with a serious game about demographic change. Computers in Human Behavior, 103, 120–129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.09.026

Zumbach, J., Zeitlhofer, I., Mann, B., Hoermann, S., Reisenhofer, B. (2022). The Appraisal Principle in Multimedia Learning: Impact of Appraisal Processes, Modality, and Codality. Multimodal Technologies & Interaction, 6, 58. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/mti6070058

Further information:   https://mediaresearch.erz-salzburg.at/publications/

  Digital Learning Research Group (DLRG)