Comments on: Stepping out of the box: Using Parody and Humor to engage students /OETC2010 http://blogs.rhodesstate.edu/edwardsm/2010/02/02/stepping-out-of-the-box-using-parody-and-humor-to-engage-students-oetc2010/ Michael Edwards' Online and Blended Learning Blog Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:45:33 -0500 hourly 1 By: Michael Edwards http://blogs.rhodesstate.edu/edwardsm/2010/02/02/stepping-out-of-the-box-using-parody-and-humor-to-engage-students-oetc2010/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Michael Edwards Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:45:33 +0000 http://blogs.rhodesstate.edu/edwardsm/?p=266#comment-93 Who knows, maybe in your spare time you use your superpower of telepathy to mediate arguments between strangers. Maybe you should get a reality show for that, you know, superpower. Who knows, maybe in your spare time you use your superpower of telepathy to mediate arguments between strangers.

Maybe you should get a reality show for that, you know, superpower.

]]> By: Garrick Ducat http://blogs.rhodesstate.edu/edwardsm/2010/02/02/stepping-out-of-the-box-using-parody-and-humor-to-engage-students-oetc2010/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Garrick Ducat Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:43:54 +0000 http://blogs.rhodesstate.edu/edwardsm/?p=266#comment-92 and by "mediating", I mean "meditating". Oh, how I love spell check. and by “mediating”, I mean “meditating”. Oh, how I love spell check.

]]> By: Garrick Ducat http://blogs.rhodesstate.edu/edwardsm/2010/02/02/stepping-out-of-the-box-using-parody-and-humor-to-engage-students-oetc2010/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Garrick Ducat Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:33:25 +0000 http://blogs.rhodesstate.edu/edwardsm/?p=266#comment-91 Mike, Thank you for not only attending the presentation but also sharing the process with your academic community. One addition that I would like to add which became the basis for this project was "context". Creating a parody of "The Office" was not an arbitrary decision. The students viewing the videos were all seeking degrees in healthcare administration which prepares them for roles in management, specifically office setting, upon graduation. Putting all of the marketing concepts into a context (office setting) that students could understand and relate with is what led to the engagement piece. I must admit that the picture you have posted makes me appear as if I am sleeping as opposed to mediating which is what I was doing if anyone asks :) Thanks again Mike you did a great job of covering the process. Garrick Mike,

Thank you for not only attending the presentation but also sharing the process with your academic community. One addition that I would like to add which became the basis for this project was “context”. Creating a parody of “The Office” was not an arbitrary decision. The students viewing the videos were all seeking degrees in healthcare administration which prepares them for roles in management, specifically office setting, upon graduation. Putting all of the marketing concepts into a context (office setting) that students could understand and relate with is what led to the engagement piece.

I must admit that the picture you have posted makes me appear as if I am sleeping as opposed to mediating which is what I was doing if anyone asks :)

Thanks again Mike you did a great job of covering the process.

Garrick

]]> By: John Fallon http://blogs.rhodesstate.edu/edwardsm/2010/02/02/stepping-out-of-the-box-using-parody-and-humor-to-engage-students-oetc2010/comment-page-1/#comment-86 John Fallon Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:10:31 +0000 http://blogs.rhodesstate.edu/edwardsm/?p=266#comment-86 The room of the presentation looks so spartan--clean white walls. The room of the presentation looks so spartan–clean white walls.

]]> By: John Fallon http://blogs.rhodesstate.edu/edwardsm/2010/02/02/stepping-out-of-the-box-using-parody-and-humor-to-engage-students-oetc2010/comment-page-1/#comment-85 John Fallon Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:10:32 +0000 http://blogs.rhodesstate.edu/edwardsm/?p=266#comment-85 Mike, Using humor to engage students is what I think we will propose as a conference theme for the OATYC for 2011 when we are the host campus. That is really a great topic worth exploring. Mike, Using humor to engage students is what I think we will propose as a conference theme for the OATYC for 2011 when we are the host campus. That is really a great topic worth exploring.

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