{"id":75913,"date":"2021-06-28T11:33:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T15:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=75913"},"modified":"2021-06-28T12:15:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T16:15:07","slug":"reflections-on-no-it-doesnt-need-to-be-a-zoom-stokel-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2021\/06\/28\/reflections-on-no-it-doesnt-need-to-be-a-zoom-stokel-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on &#8220;No, it doesn\u2019t need to be a Zoom&#8221; [Stokel-Walker]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/article\/end-zoom-calls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>No, it doesn\u2019t need to be a Zoom<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from wired.com by Chris Stokel-Walker<br \/>\n<em>We\u2019re wasting hours of our lives on inefficient video calls. Here&#8217;s how to decide when you should jump on a Zoom \u2013 and when not to<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tmb.apaopen.org\/pub\/nonverbal-overload\/release\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/tmb.apaopen.org\/pub\/nonverbal-overload\/release\/1&quot;}\">Academic research<\/a>\u00a0has pinpointed four reasons why we\u2019re growing sick of video calls. For one thing, we\u2019re engaged in an unnaturally large amount of eye contact, which can prove exhausting, according to Jeremy Bailenson professor at Stanford University and founding director of the\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vhil.stanford.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/vhil.stanford.edu\/&quot;}\">Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab<\/a>. We\u2019re also stressed out by being confronted with our own face for hours on end (even if you\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/cloud-support-staring-at-my-face-on-zoom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/cloud-support-staring-at-my-face-on-zoom\/&quot;}\">can\u2019t stop staring at it<\/a>). Bailenson compares it to be followed around with a mirror all day.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">What comes to my mind here is that videoconferencing &#8212; and meeting in general &#8212; requires mental work &#8212; and thus energy. Why? Because, as I mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2020\/03\/10\/for-those-of-you-who-teach-and-or-give-presentations-you-might-be-interested-in-this-new-video-regarding-whats-called-cognitive-load-christian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in this posting<\/a>, we are constantly processing auditory and visual channels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/presentations\/What-is-Cognitive-Load-and-Why-Should-I-Care.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69932 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CognitiveLoad-3-types-1024x527.jpg\" alt=\"What is cognitive load? And why should I care about it?\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CognitiveLoad-3-types-1024x527.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CognitiveLoad-3-types-150x77.jpg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CognitiveLoad-3-types-768x395.jpg 768w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CognitiveLoad-3-types.jpg 1282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/presentations\/What-is-Cognitive-Load-and-Why-Should-I-Care.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69931 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Information-processing-theory-3-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"What is cognitive load? And why should I care about it?\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Information-processing-theory-3-1024x639.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Information-processing-theory-3-150x94.jpg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Information-processing-theory-3-768x479.jpg 768w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Information-processing-theory-3.jpg 1282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/presentations\/Transcript%20for%20video%20re%20cognitive%20load.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transcript here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>So having to process auditory and visual information hour after hour takes major energy! And some presentations\/presenters require a lot more energy than others.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/presentations\/What-is-Cognitive-Load-and-Why-Should-I-Care.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75919 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AuditoryVisualChannelsFull-Christian-jpg-1024x631.jpg\" alt=\"Having to process auditory and visual information hour after hour takes major energy!\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AuditoryVisualChannelsFull-Christian-jpg-1024x631.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AuditoryVisualChannelsFull-Christian-jpg-150x92.jpg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AuditoryVisualChannelsFull-Christian-jpg-768x473.jpg 768w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AuditoryVisualChannelsFull-Christian-jpg-1536x946.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AuditoryVisualChannelsFull-Christian-jpg.jpg 1631w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/presentations\/What-is-Cognitive-Load-and-Why-Should-I-Care.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75925\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LowCognitiveLoad-Jobs-.jpg\" alt=\"watching a presentation by Steve Jobs requires a lot less auditory and visual processing\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LowCognitiveLoad-Jobs-.jpg 1015w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LowCognitiveLoad-Jobs--150x93.jpg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LowCognitiveLoad-Jobs--768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, it doesn\u2019t need to be a Zoom &#8212; from wired.com by Chris Stokel-Walker We\u2019re wasting hours of our lives on inefficient video calls. Here&#8217;s how to decide when you should jump on a Zoom \u2013 and when not to Excerpt: Academic research\u00a0has pinpointed four reasons why we\u2019re growing sick of video calls. For one [&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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[387,127,115,433,498,302,112,200,72,391,74,223,23,62,133,219,279,311,195,38,321,189,846,273,164,253,357,49,299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-collaboration","category-colleges","category-communications","category-communities-of-practice","category-community-colleges","category-corporate-business-world","category-corporate-universities","category-daniel-s-christian","category-human-computer-interaction-hci","category-leadership","category-learning-theories","category-multimedia","category-online-learning","category-online-media","category-online-tutoring","category-participation","category-presentations","category-tools","category-uk","category-united-states","category-videoconferencing","category-virtual-courts-law-firms","category-virtual-field-trips","category-virtual-k-12-schools","category-virtual-reality-worlds-learning","category-virtual-tutoring","category-web-based-collaboration","category-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75913","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=75913"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75929,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75913\/revisions\/75929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}