The #UJLibrary launched a Symposium for Serious Games on 16 May 2023 and followed it up with a Game Workshop by Dr Herman Myburgh in September 2023. We plan to have two exciting Symposia in 2024, on 18 March and 2 September. In the meantime, we have decided to start with a brand new journal in 2024, in which Dr Myburgh will be the editor-in-chief. This journal, called jeXed (Journal of ExoTechnology and Education), will publish all the presentations presented at the Symposia (double-blinded peer-reviewed) in June and November each year. What makes this Journal unique in South Africa is that an author will be allowed to include in their articles – apart from the normal figures and tables – videos, podcasts, apps, animations, clips, screenshots, data sets, robotics, coding, practice in motion, and other material related to the article. They may even present their articles in a PowerPoint presentation or any of the abovementioned forms, provided that the presentation meets DHET's accreditation requirements. It will be an open Journal published by the University of Johannesburg.
If you need more information, don't hesitate to contact Prof Maria Frahm-Arp at mariafa@uj.ac.za or Prof Erna Oliver at olivee@unisa.ac.za.
