Humor and recreation at the virtual learning meeting, from congratulating coexistence in times of pandemic

Abstract

This work shows the partial results of an ongoing investigation on humor and recreation in virtual activities in university students. One of the characteristics of face-to-face work is spontaneity, laughter and social interactions that indicate a genuine interest in the other. It is a qualitative, phenomenological and hermeneutic investigation, which recovered the experience of transition to the virtual model. For the compilation of information, a questionnaire of open questions was prepared for students of 3 educational programs at the university level, with the purpose of knowing if there are humor and recreation practices. It was found that in virtual classrooms there was a distancing between the teacher and the participating group, little movement of affections, disconnection between the participants, and sometimes the sense of the activities was lost. By way of reflection, recreation and humor help to give a concrete meaning to what to do in that time, each action must be directed and built for the collective encounter for the fun, joyful and playful presence.