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These are great points. Running meetings (industry example) over Zoom is very different from running them in person, and for many of the same reasons that you p
by darkerside 6y ago
These are great points. Running meetings (industry example) over Zoom is very different from running them in person, and for many of the same reasons that you point out.
This is going to sound like a plug, but I took a LifeLabs course on Meetings Mastery, and one small part of it was a discussion of how to engage with people over Zoom. Some examples were using the chat to ask questions that merit chat responses, asking people to "+1" in the chat when they agree with something (maybe students could "?" when they are getting lost), and using polls and breakout rooms.
As someone who's been frustrated by adapting to the remote environment from a meetings perspective, I can relate. But at least the people in my meetings are mature enough (or compensated well enough) that they will keep cameras on, stay engaged in the discussion, etc.
- kkylin 6y agoThose are nice points; I quite agree there are things one can do to engage people over Zoom etc. But it's less spontaneous and takes more prior planning. Also, many students simply do not want to ask a question in front of their peers, online or in person. When in person, there are other cues I can use to detect student confusion -- frowns, someone trying to decide if they should raise their hand, a barely audible "um..." -- but online all of that is gone.