HUMOR IN INSTRUCTIONAL WRITING – IT’S NO LAUGHING MATTER
Instructional design is not easy. There is the need to balance the expectations of many stakeholders, while not losing sight of the learning goals. One way to quickly get there is to amp up the engagement level of the course you’re designing. Engagement in learning comes in many shapes and forms, but here, we will talk about perhaps one of the most underutilized of forms – humor.
What? You can’t be serious! We are dealing with topics of grave significance, and you want me to crack jokes in the course?
I get it. This, and the ones below, are some of the reasons we hesitate to use this powerful tool in our instructional content.
The content is serious, and we don’t want to dilute it(this is what we saw above)
Tags: corporate training • e-learning • e-Learning Design • elearning • Humor • Instructional Design • Instructional Writing • L&D • Learner Engagement • learning and development • Learning design • Training and Development • Workplace Learning
