Zoom Fatigue (Why & What You Can Do)

Zoom Fatigue

(Why & What You Can Do About It)

4 Causes of Zoom Fatigue

• Excessive amounts of close-up eye contct is highly intense.

• Seeing yourself during video chats constantly is fatiguing.

• Video chats dramatically reduce our usual mobility (we don't move).

• The cognitive load is much higher in video chats.

5 Dimensions of Zoom Fatigue

• Physical: eyes or head might hurt

• Emotional: feeling sad or anxious

• Motivational: don't want to do anything

• Social: just want to be alone

• General: want to take a nap

Poll

Which cause of Zoom fatigue do you think affects you most?

• Inability to move around

• Excessive amount of close-up eye contact

• Seeing myself/everyone on-screen is exhausting

• Cognitive load, listening to verbal instructions is tiring

Poll

Which of the types of fatigue do you feel affects you most?

• Physical

• Social

• Emotional

• Motivational

• General

Things you can do (solutions)

• Reduce the size of the Zoom window to see smaller faces

• hide self-view, so you don't have to see yourself

• Use an external key board or sit further from the screen

• take "audio-only" breaks / turn away from screen

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Poll

How helpful was this lesson?

• I learned a lot and plan to use some of these strategies to reduce "Zoom Fatigue"

• It was kind of helpful to understand why "fatigue" happens.

• This was a waste of time