breakout room

Small group space

A breakout room is a smaller space where a subset of people meet separately from a larger gathering.

Conference centers have physical breakout rooms for workshop sessions.

In video conferencing, breakout rooms are virtual spaces where participants split into smaller groups for discussion: The teacher divided the class into breakout rooms for group work.

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virtual classroom · online learning · zoom · screen share · mute button · whiteboard · session · collaboration · co-working space · networking · strategy session · team workshop · team building · think tank · unmute · private chat · facilitation · boardroom

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session structure

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plenary · all-hands meeting · main stage · town hall · lecture hall

participant grouping

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All members collectively

full assembly · mass meeting

spatial function in events

breakout roommain hall

Primary gathering space

convention floor · lobby · common area

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G