Abstract

Educators are constantly bombarded with a new tool or concept that it is essential to study the pros and cons of each tool before utilizing it in the classroom. Escape rooms are a new concept that is starting to emerge in society and education. Bigger cities are beginning to provide people with rooms that are designed with multilevel concepts and experiences that allow them to break out of the room. Breakout Edu is designed from these sessions and the concept is to offer a classroom that allows learners to become engaged and think on a multistep level. The purpose of this paper is to review research studies to learn if using Breakout EDU in a classroom setting will improve student engagement through communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creative innovation, and confidence. The results of this study show that Breakout Edu does not just offer exposure to technology but a higher level of thinking and collaboration among peers.

Citation

Murphree, C. & Vafa, S. (2020). Use of escape rooms in education. In D. Schmidt-Crawford (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1837-1842). Online: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 31, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/215961/.

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