  We discuss electron acceleration and heating during collisionless magnetic
reconnection by using the results of implicit kinetic simulations of Harris
current sheets. We consider and compare electron dynamics in plasmas with
different \beta values and perform simulations up to the physical mass ratio.
We analyze the typical trajectory of electrons passing through the reconnection
region, we study the electron velocity, focusing on the out-of-plane velocity,
and we discuss the electron heating along the in-plane and out-of-plane
directions.
