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"His Lectures Were Like Watching a Show on Netflix": A Success Story of Laugh Tracks in Prerecorded Undergraduate Lessons
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Varhola, Andrés – Natural Sciences Education, 2022
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 put enormous pressure on educators to quickly adapt course materials for online delivery. In my case, a naturally humorous teaching style clashed with the arid world of computers in a virtual environment, leading me to believe in a reduced teaching effectiveness under such conditions, and that my students…
Descriptors: Humor, Video Technology, Undergraduate Students, Lecture Method
Experimental Authority in the Lecture Theatre
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Brigstocke, Julian – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2020
Authority is one of the most problematic and ambiguous concepts in social and educational theory. Authority is a relation that is based on disparities of knowledge, expertise or experience. Drawing on teaching observations and interviews with undergraduate students and lecturers about their experiences of large-group teaching, I argue that in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Geography Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
Examine of Mobbing via Humour Styles of Lecturers at Schools of Physical Education and Sport
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Cengiz, Recep; Sunay, Hakan; Yasar, Onur Mutlu – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The aim of the study was to examine the mobbing via humour of the lecturers at Schools of Physical Education and Sport. The sample of the study consisted of 470 lecturers dutied at those schools. In order to analyze the lecturers' perception levels about mobbing via humour behaviours, the "Scale of Humour Behaviours" was used. T-test and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Physical Education, College Athletics
Embedding Values in Teaching Islamic Education among Excellent Teachers
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Hussin, Nur Hanani; Tamuri, Ab Halim – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the process of embedding values implemented by excellent teachers in teaching Islamic education in the multi-cultural society. Design/methodology/approach: This study was a qualitative study, which used a combination of in-depth interviews, observation and document analysis for data collection.…
Descriptors: Islam, Cultural Pluralism, Moral Values, Religious Education
Using Humorous Images to Lighten the Learning Experience through Questioning in Class
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Huang, Yueh-Min; Liu, Ming-Chi; Lai, Chia-Hung; Liu, Chia-Ju – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Teachers often use in-class questions to examine the level of understanding of their students, while these also enable students to reorganize their acquired knowledge. However, previous studies have shown that students may resist being questioned because of negative emotions. Therefore, this paper proposes the idea of eliciting positive emotions…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Humor, Learning Experience, Questioning Techniques
Factors for Development of Learning Content and Task for MOOCs in an Asian Context
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Nordin, Norazah; Norman, Helmi; Embi, Mohamed Amin; Mansor, Ahmad Zamri; Idris, Fazilah – International Education Studies, 2016
The rapid advancement of emergent learning technologies has led to the introduction of massive open online courses (MOOCs) which offer open-based online learning courses to a large number of students. In line with the advancement, the Malaysia Ministry of Education has recently initiated Malaysia MOOCs via collaboration with four public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Educational Technology