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The Breakout Method

Robert Roseberg — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:41:31 GMT

With The Breakout Method, students listen to engaging podcasts and then meet online in small groups to watch dramatized reenactments. At key moments, they engage in discussions, while AI listens and reports back to instructors, helping them lead more powerful classroom discussions.

Breakout Learning Named EdTech Awards Finalist

emily.franks@breakoutlearning.com (Emily Franks) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:11:53 GMT

Innovating the heart of education through human conversation.

Quarterly Product Updates: Q1 2026

emily.franks@breakoutlearning.com (Emily Franks) — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT

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, and where the gaps are. It's one of the most-requested features we've built, and it's live now.

Alongside Insights, we shipped smarter search tools, cleaner instructor workflows, and more reliable LMS integrations. We've also got a packed roadmap to share — including VPAT certification, customizable grading controls, and Inclusive Access support.

Let's get into it.

Breakout Learning Named a 2026 Edison Awards Finalist

emily.franks@breakoutlearning.com (Emily Franks) — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:46:39 GMT

Innovation should improve lives — especially in education.

Breakout Learning Goes to the Olympics

emily.franks@breakoutlearning.com (Emily Franks) — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 20:25:59 GMT

As the Olympics officially kick off today, we’ve got a little Breakout Learning pride showing up in Milan 🇮🇹❄️

AI Shouldn’t Make Learning Lonely

emily.franks@breakoutlearning.com (Emily Franks) — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:01:02 GMT

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

Quarterly Product Updates: Q4 2025

emily.franks@breakoutlearning.com (Emily Franks) — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:00:00 GMT

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 instructional design teams, Breakout now evaluatesthe quality of the discussions themselves– measuring critical thinking, peer engagement, and evidence-based reasoning through our newDiscussion Quality Rubrics (DQRs).

It’s a big step forward in our evaluation system, and we’re excited to tell you about it in more detail below.

Alongside DQRs, we’re announcing a new partnership withOpenStax, launching a powerful neworal assessment tool, and shipping workflow upgrades that make active learning and assessment easier to run at scale.

Let’s break it down!

Breakout Learning x OpenStax: A New Partnership

emily.franks@breakoutlearning.com (Emily Franks) — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:49:00 GMT

Breakout Learning is excited to announce our partnership with OpenStax, the nonprofit leader in peer-reviewed college textbooks!

AI-Resilient Assessment at Scale: Webinar Recap

emily.franks@breakoutlearning.com (Emily Franks) — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:03:43 GMT

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 co-founder Steve Walters was joined by Dr. Olav Sorenson (UCLA Anderson) and Dr. Nicole Jones Young (Franklin & Marshall College). Together, they explored a simple question with big implications: How do we assess what students actually know in an age where AI can ace the written work?

Across the hour, a pattern emerged. Instructors aren’t trying to ban AI. They’re trying to re-center assessment around live thinking, discussion, and accountability — and they’re doing it by replacing written work with oral assessments and structured small-group conversations.

If you don't have time to watch the full webinar recording, this recap pulls out key ideas from the session — plus short clips you can watch when you only have a few minutes.

Breakout Learning Achieves CSA STAR Registry Listing for AI Level One

nikita@breakoutlearning.com (Nikita Rogatnev) — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:13:56 GMT

Breakout Learning is pleased to announce that we have been officially added to the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) STAR Registry for AI Level One, becoming one of the first companies in our sector to complete this new AI-focused self-assessment.