>"what if we just dump everyone in the same room and hope it works" Yep, it's pretty abysmal for class settings. I know it's partly down to configuration/inst

>"what if we just dump everyone in the same room and hope it works" Yep, it's pretty abysmal for class settings. I know it's partly down to configuration/instructors but being shoved into a room by an instructor with 40 other people forced to stare into a webcam while watching everyone else doing the same is not an ideal environment. There needs to be a lot more attention on how and when to select additional participants in the general case where there's only one or two priority speakers and the rest are basically just sitting around listening. Now of course me personally I'd just rather not use a webcam at all (Or only when specifically called on), but often that's not a choice unfortunately.