Online Learning – Comedy Writing Secrets

Online Learning

Educational Tinder

“I will never forget my first day of school. My mom woke me up, got me dressed, made my bed, and fed me. Man, did…

Mark ShatzApril 2, 2026

Online Learning

Teaching in the TikTok Era

I have an AARP card, which means I’m officially banned from Snapchat, TikTok, and most other social media platforms. The one exception is Facebook, which…

Mark ShatzApril 1, 2026

Online Learning

When Humor Hurts Learning

I wrote a bestselling book on humor writing, Comedy Writing Secrets. I know how to target humor, write one-liners, and even perform stand-up comedy. Which…

Mark ShatzMarch 29, 2026

Online Learning

Why Humor Is the Red Bull of Online Teaching

A professor is one who talks in someone else’s sleep. —W. H. Auden A teacher’s job is to educate, not entertain. And it’s certainly not…

Mark ShatzMarch 16, 2026

Online Learning

Let Students Help You Find the Funny

Designing, building, and teaching an online course is ungodly time-consuming. Asking instructors to also hunt for humorous material can feel like adding another task to…

Mark ShatzMarch 13, 2026

Online Learning

The Safest Target in Classroom Humor

A classic comedy adage says: “If there’s no corpse, there’s usually no joke.” In other words, humor almost always attacks something—people, places, ideas, or institutions.…

Mark ShatzMarch 12, 2026

Online Learning

Who’s on the Exam?

From a student’s perspective, there’s nothing fun about taking a test. Yet research and classroom experience suggest that students actually appreciate exams that contain small…

Mark ShatzMarch 11, 2026