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Turn Breakout Rooms into Escape Rooms

Escape rooms are becoming more and more popular in higher education. Participants solve a series of problems—each correct solution unlocking a clue or item to the next—while racing against the clock (or other teams). Knowing that this type of gamified learning format could potentially excite students during an unexciting time, Emory University’s Goizueta Business School explored ways to make this happen virtually via Zoom. Luckily for us, we had plenty of rooms to escape from: breakout rooms!

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