A recent line of research in the field humor has proposed existence two morally based comic styles. One them, corrective (or satire), seeks to ridicule and mock establish justice. In contrast, benevolent attempts correct deviances using a friendly manner understanding human imperfections. Considering their focus on correcting what is perceived as wrong, this study we seek examine how these styl...

The Use of Educational Humor in the Process of Learning and Teaching: A Special Facilitator for Second Language Learners A. Zeyaa'ee Mehr, Ph.D. Research on educational humor during the past two decades demonstrates both the role and the impact of humor on the processes of learning and teaching, especially in the area of second/foreign language learning. There are a number of theories...

Interviews with five occupational therapists who use humor therapeutically in their practice were conducted and analyzed with a phenomenological method so that the lived experience of therapeutic humor use in occupational therapy could be examined. Sixteen themes were identified through data analysis: The Concept of Therapeutic Use of Humor; Spontaneous Versus Deliberate Humor; Humor, the Great...

E-Learning platforms are very successful in e-education but provide little adaptivity. Personalized courses which adapt to the needs of each individual learner improve the learning progress. In this paper, we introduce a meta-model for enhancing e-learning platforms with the use of adaptivity. This meta-model enables the platforms to provide different courses that adjust to the needs of each le...