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Why are we so bad at online meetings?

Why do we automatically default to video calls?

Why do we so often default to one hour meetings?

Why do we rarely end meetings five minutes early for a break?

Why is reasonable A/V quality not an expectation?

Why are we so bad at online meetings?

Why is the reality of hybrid working so crap compared to what it could be?

The notion of emergency digital scholarship occurred to me yesterday to refer to the short term adaptations which were necessary during lockdown. I think this is a useful way to make sense of why hybrid working culture in higher education has turned out so badly. I have much more to say on this but first I have another zoom meeting to go to 😢