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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
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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
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Nasiri, Fuzhan; Mafakheri, Fereshteh – Higher Education Studies, 2015
This article will review the issues surrounding the use of humor as an informal teaching method in higher education lecturing. The impact and usefulness of humor, from both a teacher's and a student's perspective, will be investigated. The aim is to classify the challenges and limitations of using humor in classrooms and to investigate and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, College Students, Teacher Attitudes
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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