Why You Can't Seem To Focus In Online Classes: An Evolutionary Explanation
May 11, 2021
“Zoom Fatigue” is an increasingly popular term to describe the exhaustion you feel after any kind of video call or conference ever since the pandemic. This term is even coined by Stanford University [1].
I would like to re-term it as “Webex Fatigue” for the sake of Universiti Sains Malaysia.
“WEBEX FATIGUE”, used to describe the endless tiredness and emptiness that USM students, staff, and lecturers feel after any kind of Cisco Webex meeting.
Here are the symptoms to look out for if you suffer from Webex Fatigue:
1) You can’t seem to concentrate in class even though you try to force yourself to.
2) You scroll through your Instagram Stories and Feed / Facebook / TikTok throughout the lecture.
3) You think the online lectures are not helpful to your studies.
4) You sleep through lectures.