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You are here: Home / Podcasts / ELC 049: How to ‘Find Funny’ When Speaking, Writing and Installing Mufflers

ELC 049: How to ‘Find Funny’ When Speaking, Writing and Installing Mufflers

A Conversation with Mark Shatz

by Connie Malamed

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Comedy Writing Secrets book coverMark Shatz, Ph.D., teaches educational psychology, statistics and a course on writing humor at the University of Ohio, Zanesville. He’s a coauthor of the book, Comedy Writing Secrets. Research shows that appropriate humor in the instructional setting can set the stage for a positive attitude toward learning. It can enhance interest, build rapport and heighten attention. In this conversation, Mark explains techniques for speaking and writing with humor.

WE DISCUSS:

  • What funny is
  • How to “find funny”
  • Why it’s easy to be funny in instructional settings
  • The psychology of why people laugh
  • How humor can benefit learning
  • Whether placement of humor affects learning
  • The pitfalls of using humor in learning
  • The best style for writing humor
  • Beginner mistakes
  • Techniques for making situations funny
  • The structure of stand-up comedy jokes
  • Finding your writer’s voice

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TIME: 32 minutes

TRANSCRIPT: Download the ELC 049 Transcript

RESOURCE LINKS:

  • Comedy Writing Secrets: The Best-Selling Guide to Writing Funny and Getting Paid for It, 3rd Edition by Mark Shatz and Mel Helitzer
  • Enhancing Online Instruction with Humor by Loschiavo and Shatz (Download article on request)
  • Does Humor Enhance Learning?
  • Teaching Humor: An Interview with Dr. Mark Shatz

 


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  1. Connie Malamed says

    July 26, 2019 at 5:31 pm

    Good point, Ellen. If used with taste, that is one more way humor can be added. He is definitely a writer!
    Connie

  2. Ellen Slavitz says

    July 26, 2019 at 11:07 am

    Love this (and all of your podcasts). One addition: Mark didn’t mention the humorous possibilities of images in elearning. Photos, drawings, cartoons, even charts and graphs can be funny and are often less dependent on cultural, linguistic, or educational assumptions. Also, images can be used for a quick giggle, so your clients are less likely to accuse you of instructional distractions.

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