Faculty Development
How To Give Teaching The Same Value As Research
Both teaching and research are critical for societal betterment. Is there anything that can be done to make sure pedagogy is given the same…
Faculty Development
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Faculty Development
How To Become a Tenure Track Professor
Looking to get on the tenure track? Here's what you need to plan for, and how to get there
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Faculty Development
How to Write a Philosophy of Teaching Statement
5 easy steps on how to write an authentic and effective philosophy of teaching statement to help your job application get noticed.
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Faculty Development
Want to Make Education Better? Leave Academia
Lisa Petrides—founder and CEO of ISKME, an independent education nonprofit—knew she could improve education. But she had to quit her…
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Faculty Development
Student Evaluations: Problems and Possible Solutions
End of semester student evaluations are unreliable, biased and usually incomplete. Is there still a place for them?
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Faculty Development
How Faculty Can Apply a Growth Mindset To Their Teaching
Video: Cal Poly’s Laura Freberg on the value of constantly looking for opportunities to learn and grow
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Faculty Development
Why It’s Important to Approach Teaching With a Growth Mindset
If you want to become a better educator, the first step is to embrace a growth mindset. We expect it of our students, so we should expect it…
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Engage 2018: What to do in Chicago
For attendees at Engage 2018, Top Hat’s Conference for Higher Education Innovators, Chicago made for a great city to explore. Here…
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Why Academic Careers Shine Outside of the Meeting Room
Professors most readily learn from each other and by attending off-site conferences, while deeply distrusting departmental meetings,…
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3 Things We Learned About OER Adoption From C. Edward Watson
C. Edward Watson is Associate VP at the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Formerly director of the Center for Teaching and…
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Beyond the Workshop: How Admin Can Help Faculty Teach
For Centers of Teaching and Learning (CTLs), getting faculty to even show up at a teaching workshop is a victory. But there are still…
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11 Teaching Quotes to Inspire Educators in 2018
From Comenius to Montessori, here are some teaching quotes for the modern educator—all about letting your students challenge their…
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Faculty Development
What Happens in a Top Hat Certification Class
If you’re just getting started with Top Hat and wondering how to use it to its full potential, help is at hand. At Top Hat, we run regular…
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Faculty Development
4 Course Administration Tips to Help You Plan Ahead
There are many responsibilities faculty juggle, but the invisible work of course administration probably ranks both among the most…
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Faculty Development
How to Improve Teaching When Professor Training Doesn’t Exist
In his book Campus Confidential, author and professor Jacques Berlinerblau sounds the alarm over college professor training. Teachers, he…
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Faculty Development
Managing Teacher Workload: How Agile and Scrum Can Help
Rebecca Pope-Ruark is an associate professor of English at Elon University and the author of the new book Agile Faculty: Practical…
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Faculty Development
Passive Learning is a Problem For Fun Professors: Jacques Berlinerblau
Professor Jacques Berlinerblau—who shared his insights about the problems with higher education in a Top Hat webinar—takes passive…
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What is An Adjunct Professor? How To Solve Career Isolation
What is an adjunct professor? An adjunct professor, a term most often used in the U.S., is a temporary, part-time appointment brought in by…
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Faculty Development
Hurricane Preparedness and Recovery: What Faculty Should Do
In late August and early September, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma wreaked havoc not only on homes and businesses, but on post-secondary…
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Faculty Development
Lecturer Career Ideas: 4 Ways To Get Ahead
If you’re a lecturer waiting for your administration to send you on a training course, you could be waiting a long time. Taking the first…