Hanna Kalmanovich-Cohen (Assistant Professor of Management, Oakland University) had a big problem: in her words, it was “lack of student engagement.” And she was skeptical of Breakout Learning at first.
”When I first learned about Breakout Learning, I kind of assumed that it's really just used and applied for case studies. So at first I was like, okay, it's [a] great platform, but there is nothing that I can actually do with it.”
But when she got in touch with the team, her perspective changed completely. ”I realized that it can be highly customizable. And what we [ended] up doing is creating actually weekly discussions, for my students based on the topics that we have covered in my course. So I think it was really a collaboration between me and the Breakout Learning team to really create something very unique for my course.”
The result? She solved her engagement problem. After engaging in small-group discussions on Breakout Learning’s platform, students saw their AI-powered engagement metrics, and were motivated to perform better. And perform better they did. Hanna says “it's really been very transformational for my students.”
Here’s the thing. We didn’t pay Hanna to say this. She was fully willing to share her experience.
And we hear this from instructors time and again. “I was skeptical. Then I tried it. Now I’m a convert.” Our retention rate is over 90% for a reason.
Be like Hanna. Give it a shot.
