The papers listed below have been selected as "Best Papers" based on the reviews of the original submission, the camera-ready version, and the presentation during the conference. For the awarded papers, a digital award will be issued in the name of the authors. The authors of these papers are also receiving invitations to submit an extended article version to one of the IARIA Journals.

Awarded Papers (also Invited for IARIA Journals)

Measuring Change - Evaluating Cybersecurity Awareness Before and After a Video-Based Learning Module
Alexander Lawall, Ulrike Plach, Birdal Güvendi, Kilian Stöckle

STEAME Learning with Entrepreneurial Mindset: Implementation in Hybrid Environments
Grigore Albeanu, Rodica Ioan

Evolution of Educational Gamification Design: From Points-Based Systems to AI- Enhanced Narrative Integration
Alisha Janowsky, Martha Hubertz

The following papers have been selected on the basis of their contents, specificaly for lending themselves to an interesting extended work. The authors of these papers are receiving invitations to submit an extended article version to one of the IARIA Journals.

Papers Invited for IARIA Journals

From Ora et Labora to Lude et Labora - The Digital Charterhouse as a Human-Centric GenAI Framework for NEET Reintegration and Territorial Digital Tourism
Michele Angelaccio, Michele Fasolo

Navigating Memory Palaces: The Role of Instructional Agents in Teaching the Method of Loci in Virtual Reality
Benedikt Hensen, Lena Juliane Linke, Fridolin Wild, Stefan Decker