{"id":71398,"date":"2020-07-13T03:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T07:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=71398"},"modified":"2020-07-14T09:09:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T13:09:34","slug":"microsoft-teams-together-mode-reduces-extraneous-cognitive-load-in-videoconferencing-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2020\/07\/13\/microsoft-teams-together-mode-reduces-extraneous-cognitive-load-in-videoconferencing-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Teams&#8217; &#8220;Together Mode&#8221; reduces extraneous cognitive load in videoconferencing meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cheddar.com\/media\/microsoft-teams-rolls-out-virtual-rooms-to-fight-meeting-fatigue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Microsoft Teams Rolls Out Virtual Rooms to Fight &#8216;Meeting Fatigue&#8217;<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from cheddar.com by Taylor Craig<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cheddar.com\/media\/microsoft-teams-rolls-out-virtual-rooms-to-fight-meeting-fatigue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71399\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Microsoft-TogetherMode-July2020-1024x465.jpg\" alt=\"Microsoft introduced Together Mode -- July 2020\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Microsoft-TogetherMode-July2020-1024x465.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Microsoft-TogetherMode-July2020-150x68.jpg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Microsoft-TogetherMode-July2020-768x349.jpg 768w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Microsoft-TogetherMode-July2020.jpg 1375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cheddar.com\/media\/microsoft-teams-rolls-out-virtual-rooms-to-fight-meeting-fatigue\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71401\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Microsoft-TogetherMode3-July2020.jpg\" alt=\"A common background in meetings helps reduce extraneous cognitive load\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Microsoft-TogetherMode3-July2020.jpg 992w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Microsoft-TogetherMode3-July2020-150x90.jpg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Microsoft-TogetherMode3-July2020-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cheddar.com\/media\/microsoft-teams-rolls-out-virtual-rooms-to-fight-meeting-fatigue\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71400\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Microsoft-TogetherMode2-July2020.jpg\" alt=\"A common background in meetings helps reduce extraneous cognitive load\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Microsoft-TogetherMode2-July2020.jpg 957w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Microsoft-TogetherMode2-July2020-150x77.jpg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Microsoft-TogetherMode2-July2020-768x393.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Again, the longer the Coronavirus hangs around and we are learning and meeting like this, the more innovations like these will occur.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Addendums on 7\/14\/20:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/microsoft-together-aims-to-make-remote-work-long-term-solution-2020-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Microsoft&#8217;s Together mode can help address executives&#8217; concerns over remote work productivity<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from businessinsider.com by Hirsh Chitkara<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Together mode offers an alternative to &#8220;grid view,&#8221; in which video call participants are displayed on-screen \u2014 instead, through AI segmentation, participants are placed in a single virtual environment such as an auditorium or coffee bar, creating the illusion that they are in the same space.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/07\/08\/future-work-good-challenging-unknown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The future of work\u2014the good, the challenging &amp; the unknown<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from microsofot.com by Jared Spataro<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/AA8rnn5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/aka.ms\/AA8rnn5&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594817841370000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEamj90uNn_dIZVRHAacAkOhu9MEw\">Together mode<\/a>\u00a0is a new option in the Teams meeting experience that uses AI segmentation technology to digitally place participants in a shared background. The view makes it feel like you\u2019re sitting in the same room, which reduces background distractions, makes it easier to pick up on non-verbal cues, and makes back and forth conversation feel more natural.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Teams Rolls Out Virtual Rooms to Fight &#8216;Meeting Fatigue&#8217; &#8212; from cheddar.com by Taylor Craig &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; From DSC: Again, the longer the Coronavirus hangs around and we are learning and meeting like this, the more innovations like these will occur. &nbsp; Addendums on 7\/14\/20: Microsoft&#8217;s Together mode can help address executives&#8217; concerns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,329,26,354,356,387,208,127,112,200,8,286,9,346,32,210,3,373,419,180,482,64,46,825,102,7,838,510,559,87,223,216,62,309,311,196,50,188,40,48,195,321,214,13,367,189],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-24x7x365-access","category-3d","category-av-audiovisual","category-artificial-intelligence-agents-llms-and-related","category-business","category-cloud-based-computing-apps","category-collaboration","category-corporate-business-world","category-corporate-universities","category-digital-audio","category-digital-learning","category-digital-video","category-distance-education","category-education-technology","category-emerging-technologies","category-higher-education","category-homeschoolinghomeschoolers","category-ideas-teaching","category-innovation","category-intelligent-systems","category-it-in-he","category-k-12-related","category-law-schools","category-learning","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-experience-design","category-learning-from-the-living-class-room","category-learning-hubs","category-learning-spaces","category-learning-theories","category-microsoft","category-online-learning","category-platforms","category-presentations","category-productivity-tips-and-tricks","category-teaching-learning","category-teaching-online","category-technologies-for-your-home","category-telecommunications","category-tools","category-united-states","category-universities","category-using-teams","category-vendors","category-videoconferencing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71398"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71411,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71398\/revisions\/71411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}