Dr. Stylianos Mystakidis is a Learning Innovator and Researcher at the University of Patras, Greece, as well as Professor-Counselor at the Hellenic Open University, Greece. His areas of professional expertise and research are Learning Innovation, Metaverse, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Gamification, Serious Games, Open Education and Continuous Professional Development. He has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, conference proceedings and books on the previous topics.

He has extensive teaching experience in European (Spain, United Kingdom, Greece, Cyprus) and US universities. In 2020, he co-designed and developed as lead author the official 2-ECTS blended learning course for all educators of Cyprus on “Augmented and Virtual Reality in Teaching and Learning”. He has also designed, developed and managed an innovative, awarded-winning MOOC using playful design and Multiuser Virtual Worlds. He has participated as certified project manager (PMP) and researcher in eleven international projects.

His formal studies include a Ph.D. at the Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä (Finland), a MA in Education in Virtual Worlds at the University of West of England Bristol (United Kingdom), a MSc in Mechanical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (Greece) and a Postgraduate Certificate at the Open University of Catalonia (Spain).
List of publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stylianos-Mystakidis