Dr. Zahiruddin Fitri is a Senior Lecturer in the Building Surveying Department at the Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya. Specialising in building pathology (or the science of what goes wrong with buildings), he earned his PhD in Concrete Technology from the University of Dundee in 2012. From 2014 to 2024, he served as Head of E-Learning at the university and was Deputy Director of the Academic Development Centre (ADEC) from 2020 to 2022.

 

A key resource in teaching and learning, he has conducted extensive training for academics and co-authored university policies on e-learning. He has also played a crucial role in shaping Malaysia’s higher education landscape through his involvement in MEIPTA, a national think tank for e-learning policy and European-level projects like Erasmus+ CBHE.

 

Passionate about pedagogical innovation, he actively writes on technology-enhanced learning and contributes to national and international education initiatives, and have given several keynote speeches on the topic.

 

 He can be seen riding his bicycle every day to work.