Participants in video meetings have long struggled with asymmetrical attention levels, especially when participants are distributed unevenly. While technological advances offer exciting opportunities to augment remote users\u2019 attention, the phenomenological complexity of attention means that to design attention-fostering features we must first\u00a0 understand what aspects of it are functionally meaningful to support. In this paper, we present a functional classification of observable attention for video meetings. The classification was informed by two studies on sense-making and selectiveness of attention in work meetings. It includes categories of attention accessible for technological support, their functions in a meeting process, and meeting-related activities that correspond to these functions. This classification serves as a multi-level representation of attention and informs the design of features aiming to support remote participants\u2019 attention in video meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Participants in video meetings have long struggled with asymmetrical attention levels, especially when participants are distributed unevenly. While technological advances offer exciting opportunities to augment remote users\u2019 attention, the phenomenological complexity of attention means that to design attention-fostering features we must first\u00a0 understand what aspects of it are functionally meaningful to support. 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