Sometime back I had written a post on character driven stories for e-learning. This post talks about including emotions in e-learning that make a great impact on the audience. While strong emotions can make an impact, something light hearted can also make a great impact.
I have always felt amazed at how some creative people come up with amazing ideas to include humour and fun in learning.
I have also seen that when humour and fun is included in learning, it is always creativity at its best. When you want to use humour and fun in learning, you must think out of the box and you must not be restricted by traditional teaching/learning formats.
Here are two amazing videos that illustrate humour and fun in learning.
Facebook Manners
This video is about dos and don’ts in the social networking site – Facebook.
I love the way the dos and don’ts have been presented through a scenario. It is not just the scenario that appeals but the way the element of humour has been used. The video uses style parody of the 1950s to bring out the element of humour. I also like the way the rules are displayed from time to time on the screen. I really can remember every facebook rules taught in this video. This is because every scene is fresh in my mind only because of the humorous interaction between Alice and Timmy 
The next video is called Creative Staircase. This is one other video that illustrates how the fun element makes learning happen so well. This video also illustrates well how an idea can be made to put to practice by creating a fun activity. Well coming up with such ideas does require a lot of creativity and imagination.
Creative Staircase
Hope you enjoy these two videos.
Have you ever used the element of humour or fun while designing your e-learning or any training for that matter?
I would love to hear from you
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I totally agree, it’s a great ratio that people get interested in things if we put a little bit of fun in it. Same as eLearning, we don’t have to be too serious about it, let’s mix a bit of fun or humor to it so you can totally capture your audience/learners full attention.
I love the presentation. When you plan for instruction, the ideas you can come up with…can make any complicated task look simple…
Rupa..cool post. keep them coming.
We try to (highly) suggest humor to our clients, maybe 10% go for it. I find when we do projects for ourselves at Edheads.org we get the chance to throw in some jokes, site gags, etc – for the sake of making a learning game a more memorable experience.