1. Top Hat and Wiley Partner to Enhance Student Engagement in Psychology and Anatomy & Physiology

    Combining trusted content from Wiley with Top Hat’s powerful student engagement platform gives educators new opportunities to personalize instruction, foster active learning, and improve outcomes.

  2. UW–Madison Saves Students $1M Annually While Scaling Active Learning with Top Hat

    With cost barriers removed, UW–Madison sees rapid expansion of active learning across disciplines.

  3. Top Hat Unveils AI-Powered Content Enhancer to Accelerate Title II Accessibility Compliance in Higher Ed

    New capabilities in Top Hat Ace enable educators to quickly and easily transform static course materials into accessible, interactive content

  4. Top Hat and the First Nations Caring Society Award 2025 Shannen’s Dream Scholarships

    Meet the recipients of the 2025 Shannen's Dream Scholarship, presented in partnership with the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society.

  5. Top Hat Acquires OpenClass IP and Welcomes Founder to Drive Innovation in Authentic Assessment

    Top Hat acquires OpenClass IP and welcomes founder Alec Kretch to expand authentic, AI-powered assessment for real-world learning

  6. Top Hat Ace: Expanded AI Functionality Makes Active, Personalized Learning More Accessible

    The latest enhancements to Ace’s capabilities help educators create more relevant and effective learning experiences—faster and with greater confidence.

  7. Investing in Student Engagement: University of Georgia Equips Faculty and Students with Free Access to Top Hat

    New license agreement provides all students and faculty with free access to Top Hat, reinforcing UGA’s strategic focus on affordability, student success, and innovation in teaching

  8. Top Hat Named Courseware Solution Provider of the Year

    Top Hat, the leader in student engagement solutions for higher education, has been named the 2025 Courseware Solution Provider of the Year.

  9. Top Hat Acquires STEM Ed Tech Startup Aktiv Learning

    Aktiv Learning is Top Hat's fifth acquisition, and its first outside of publishing.

  10. Why Student Success Depends on Continuous Feedback

    3 ways educators can collect—and act on—real-time data to enhance the learning experience

  11. Aspiring to Create Learning Experiences Students Remember

    Experiential learning can help students regain their footing and a sense of purpose and accountability in their pursuit of higher education

  12. Create Meaningful Learning Experiences with an Interactive Customizable Textbook

    How to create meaningful learning experiences with interactive, digital textbooks that contain relevant material

  13. Setting the Table for Student Success in Another Year of Uncertainty and Opportunity

    Insights on how to support student success by focusing on engagement, flexibility, community, and instilling confidence.

  14. Undergraduates Need Extra Support This Year—Here’s How to Help

    Instead of back to school, let's get back to better

  15. The Tech Promising To Bring Lectures Alive

    College educators are trying new technology to make online classes more engaging.

  16. Lessons From a Year of Pandemic Learning

    A survey looks at what expectations college and university students have for instruction and educational value in the fall 2021 academic term

  17. Lessons for Planning Higher Ed’s Next Normal

    How to create the right conditions for students to receive and perceive meaningful value from their higher ed investment

  18. Hanging Up the Hat: Why Top Hat’s Mike Silagadze Is Handing the CEO Job to Someone Else

    ‘I just sort of felt like, okay, if I do hand over the reins, Top Hat will continue to grow’

  19. Understanding Canadian Tech’s Leadership Turnover

    Canadian tech leaders are getting sacked left and right. Some are replacing themselves, and some are being replaced. There’s Top Hat’s Mike Silagadze who stepped down as CEO right as the company had a near-majority stake acquired by investor Georgian partners. Then there’s Shopify, where CEO and co-founder Tobi Lütke sacked his CPO to take […]

  20. Tired of ‘Zoom University’? So is Edtech

    The rise of “Zoom University” was only possible because edtech wasn’t ready to address the biggest opportunity of the past year: remote learning at scale. Now, nearly a year since students were first sent home because of the coronavirus, a cohort of edtech companies is emerging, emboldened with millions in venture capital, ready to take […]