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Quarterly Product Updates: Q1 2026
Quarterly Product Updates: Q1 2026

Happy spring! This quarter's biggest update puts your students' discussion data to work for you. With the new Insights Tab, you can now use AI-powered prompts to explore what students actually discussed, how they engaged with your learning objectives,...

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AI Shouldn’t Make Learning Lonely
AI Shouldn’t Make Learning Lonely

For the last couple years, “AI in education” has mostly meant one person, one chatbot, one screen. Fast answers. Personalized help. A private experience.

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Quarterly Product Updates: Q4 2025
Quarterly Product Updates: Q4 2025

Let’s wrap up 2025 by telling you about one of the biggest product updates in Breakout’s history. Since the beginning, our platform has evaluated student performance usingBloom’s Taxonomy-based rubrics. After extensive work and testing by our product and...

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AI-Resilient Assessment at Scale: Webinar Recap
AI-Resilient Assessment at Scale: Webinar Recap

Written assignments used to feel like a window into student thinking. Today, they’re just as often a window into how well students can prompt an AI. That tension sat at the center of our recent webinar, AI-Resilient Assessment at Scale, where Breakout...

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AI in Education: Ally or Adversary? Debate Webinar Recap
AI in Education: Ally or Adversary? Debate Webinar Recap

Breakout Learning recently hosted a lively webinar titled "The Right Role for AI in Educational Publishing," moderated by Andrew Jack, Global Education Editor at the Financial Times. The discussion brought together a diverse panel—Ramit Varma (CEO,...

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Quarterly Product Updates: Q3 2025
Quarterly Product Updates: Q3 2025

It's hard to believe that Q4 2025 is upon us! We have a ton of product updates to share from Q3, but they're all connected by one red string: empowering professors.

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The AI Genie is Out of the Bottle: Now What?
The AI Genie is Out of the Bottle: Now What?

What if quiet classes are a design choice? What if we gave students a reason (and opportunity) to think out loud? In our recent webinar, LSU professor Jake Smith showed how moving from PDFs and write ups to small group conversations changed the tone of...

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Breakout Learning Set to Be the Talk of AOM 2025
Breakout Learning Set to Be the Talk of AOM 2025

Breakout Learning, a cutting-edge educational technology company, is set to make big waves at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2025) in Copenhagen. This prestigious annual conference stands as the leading global forum for...

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Transforming Large Classes with AI: A Case Study of MSU's BUS200
Transforming Large Classes with AI: A Case Study of MSU's BUS200

The Challenge of Scaling BUS200: Traditional Methods vs. Modern Needs Michigan State University's BUS200 course was created to provide foundational knowledge to students embarking on their academic journeys. With an annual enrollment of nearly 1,200...

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AMA x Breakout: What If Students Aren't the Problem?
AMA x Breakout: What If Students Aren't the Problem?

What if students aren’t lazy? What if they’re just tired of being taught like it’s 2005? In our recent webinar with theAmerican Marketing Association,we explored what happens when you redesign your course for how students actually learn: through...

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