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Biography
Dr. Stylianos Mystakidis is an innovator and researcher in Educational Technology at the University of Patras and serves as Adjunct Faculty and Course Leader at the Democritus University of Thrace and the Hellenic Open University. His research focuses on Immersive Learning, Metaverse, Extended Reality, Gamification, Storytelling, Serious Games, Instructional Design, Open and Distance Education, and Artificial Intelligence in Education. He has authored more than 130 publications in peer-reviewed international journals, conferences, and books, and has been recognized among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists in Education (Elsevier & Stanford University, 2023–2026). He has also participated as researcher and project manager (PMI/PMP) in 22 international funded projects. He currently serves as General Chair of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) Annual Conference and as Editorial Board Member of seven (7) academic journals. ORCID: 0000-0002-9162-8340.
Affiliations
University of Patras
Pátrai, Greece
Hellenic Open University
Pátrai, Greece
Immersive Learning Research Network
Montana City, USA
Honors and Awards
Best reviewer Award of the IEEE ICALT 2023 conference
IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology
Best Reviewer Award In recognition for providing detailed and constructive reviews consistently for the manuscripts submitted at 23rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2023), Orem, UT, USA, during July 10 to 13, 2023.
Best Academic Full Paper Award of the iLRN 2024 Conference
Immersive Learning Research Network
Best Academic Full Paper Award of the 10th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN 2024) for the publication entitled "Spatial Audio Cues in an Immersive Virtual Reality STEM Escape Room Game: A Comparative Study". For more details please visit: https://www.immersivelrn.org/ilrn2024/awards/
Knowledge Pioneer Award
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Outstanding contributor award in the Encyclopedia academic journal and platform (March 2024). For more details, please visit: https://encyclopedia.pub/activity/index
Best Poster Award Finalist
Institute of Intelligent Systems
Finalist for the Best Poster Award of the 21th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 2025)
Experience
University Educator/Researcher
Democritus University of Thrace
01 Jun 2024 - present
University Educator/Researcher
Hellenic Open University
01 Oct 2020 - present
Research or Laboratory Scientist
University of Patras
01 Mar 2001 - present
University Educator/Researcher
Open University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
01 Jan 2025 - 01 Jun 2025
University Lecturer
UniNettuno University, Rome, Italy
01 Mar 2024 - 01 Feb 2025
University Educator/Researcher
International Hellenic University
01 Jun 2023 - 01 May 2024
Research Interests
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