{"id":41618,"date":"2020-05-14T08:07:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T12:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=41618"},"modified":"2020-05-14T12:45:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T16:45:12","slug":"i-tried-a-virtual-study-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2020\/05\/14\/i-tried-a-virtual-study-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"I tried a virtual study hub"},"content":{"rendered":"This week I\u2019ve been falling behind on work (as usual) so I decided to try a Virtual Study Hub. A Virtual Study Hub is basically a Zoom meeting where people hold each other accountable for getting work done for a couple hours.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nI registered for the session on the CLNX website<\/a>, which is also where you can find the schedule for other meetings. All you need to do is click register and they send you the Zoom link.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"CLNX<\/a>\r\n\r\nThe Study Hub that I signed up for ran from 1:00-3:00pm, with a halfway checkup at 2:00pm. There were about eight people who joined the Zoom call, and I was surprised to find that they were from a variety of backgrounds, ranging from undergrads, graduate students, to even a professor.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThere is also a mediator who runs the entire meeting. At the beginning we were prompted to share what we planned on working on, and then everyone quickly started to get down to business. At this point, everyone muted themselves, but some kept their cameras on while others turned them off. (I turned my camera off because people tell me I frown at my computer when I\u2019m working.)<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"Study<\/a>\r\n\r\nAlongside the Zoom link, I was also sent a worksheet to fill out, of which there is a picture below. In short, the worksheet asked me to consider three things:<\/span>\r\n
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  1. What would I be working on? (I had a few tasks I needed to accomplish that day: my art history quiz, contributing to a Quercus discussion, and editing one section of my research paper.)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Was this achievable?<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. What reward would I receive once I completed the task?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\"SMART<\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0At the end of the two hours, we were asked how far we got. I had managed to get through almost everything, but it was comforting to hear when other people admitted that they hadn\u2019t gotten as much done as they\u2019d hoped for.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nSome notes that might encourage people to try a Study Hub:<\/span>\r\n