“The learning over zoom is just another thing to stare at a screen (if that makes sense)”
Actually, it doesn’t make any sense to me. Have you tried it?
I have been learning with my chavrusa, several hours a day for years, and it is just like when we used to learn in the Beis HaMIdrash (even better because I have a chair at home which is much more comfortable than the one in the BM. Also, I can have a drink and even a bite to eat while we learn).
And, BTW, we use a forgotten, excellent program called SKYPE, which offers unlimited time for free, and my chavrusa says it beats Zoom which his other chavrusa uses to learn with him.
I often bring up a sefer on the screen which my chavrusa does not have, and then share the screen with him. This is a lot of fun.
Of course, you must find something of interest to your learning partner, but if you do, I see no reason why you should not learn successfully with him via your computers.
Daven for siyata diShemaya to be matzliach in kiruv and you will surely see very positive results.