{"id":16457,"date":"2021-03-05T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T19:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=16457"},"modified":"2021-03-05T13:49:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T19:49:51","slug":"combatting-zoom-fatigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/combatting-zoom-fatigue\/","title":{"rendered":"Combatting Zoom Fatigue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wow, we spend a lot of time on Zoom these days\u2014 for classes, office hours, workshops, committee meetings, and even happy hours! Zoom has been both a God-send and a time-suck. It is pretty user-friendly, and has allowed us in CAT+FD to keep offering events while also allowing me to stay in (better) touch with my siblings.<\/p>\n

But after a long day of multiple Zoom meetings, I find myself worn out in a special way. My back hurts, my eyes are tired, and my ears are sore from my fancy Bluetooth headset. The Stanford University Virtual Human Interaction Lab<\/a> recently studied \u201cZoom fatigue\u201d and found four roots causes. Spoiler alert: they include having extended up-close eye contact, seeing ourselves on video all day, being stuck in front of our computer cameras, and requiring an increased cognitive load.<\/p>\n

Check out this article<\/a> which includes some simple fixes for each root cause (for example, reduce the screen size for Zoom, hide your own video). The article also includes the 15-item Zoom Fatigue and Exhaustion Scale<\/a> that you could take to identify how videoconferencing is affecting you.<\/p>\n

Have any tips that have helped you combat Zoom fatigue? Please share them!<\/p>\n

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