Serious Games in Service of Higher Education

Abstract

This paper presents the reader with the concept of serious games. Definitions are given and the different kinds of games are discussed. Being in a country – South Africa – where this concept still needs much introduction, this paper serves as an outline for the reader to what comprises the application, utilisation, and execution of a serious game within an institution of higher education. Linked to these is student-centredness and a new approach to curriculum. From the paper it becomes clear that the students will not have a problem with this. However, the challenge is the educators and institutions of higher education, stuck in the old ways of teaching and learning.