As video conferencing (VC) has become the new normal, businesses, government services and academia are starting to confront what it means if VC (Zoom, Skype, FaceTime et al) become the default method (and in some cases currenty the only method) to allow “live” interaction between colleagues, service users/customers and students.
The response and fall-back from live to VC was quickly embraced but the jury is out on whether this is sustainable as the normal. Below are several perspectives on life and work on zoom.
The Netflixisation of academia’: is this the end for university lectures?
Working remotely? Who owns all the content you are posting online?