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Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Learning through laughter: Study supports use of humor in online courses - Elizabeth Weinstein, Athens News
Watch out, Leno, here come the professors. Though most students would argue that academia and humor are about as compatible as oil and water, two Ohio University psychology professors argue that the use of humor in online courses can yield good results. In a new study presented last week at the American Psychological Society convention in Los Angeles, Mark Shatz and Frank LoSchiavo found that the use of levity in the virtual classroom can significantly boost student interest and participation. "We know students taking online courses often view them as very distant and sometimes boring and impersonal, so we thought about the idea of trying to incorporate humor into online instruction with the idea of enhancing it," said Shatz, a professor of psychology at OU's Zanesville campus who also teaches a popular humor-writing course.
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