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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…
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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
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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’
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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…
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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:…
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Building a Virtual Equity-Driven Learning Community
In this byline by Lindsay Tan, a Top Hat customer and associate professor at Auburn University, she espouses the virtues of being a…
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Digital Courseware Provider Top Hat Gets $130M and a New CEO
Mike Silagadze, who in 2009 co-founded Top Hat, will be stepping away from the role on March 15 after serving as CEO for over a decade. His…
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Top Hat Co-Founder To Step Down as CEO as Edtech Company Embarks on Aggressive Growth Plan
Top Hat announced a US $130-million equity investment round, more than doubling the total amount it’s raised since launching in 2009. The…
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Georgian Doubles Down on Top Hat with $130 million USD Investment as Company Swaps CEOs
Longtime Top Hat investor Georgian Partners has committed an additional $130 million USD into Top Hat following a year of COVID-fueled…
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Toronto Digital Textbook Publisher Top Hat Raises $130-Million From Georgian, Recruits New CEO
Top Hat has hired a new CEO and secured a US$130-million investment from its largest shareholder to pursue its strategy to transform the…
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The Pandemic Hit Colleges Hard, But Surfaced the Potential of Blended Learning
This joint op-ed between Mike Silagadze and Jeff Selingo makes the argument that we need to conceive digital education as complementing a…
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Is COVID-19 Pushing Higher Ed Over the Technology Tipping Point?
In this byline by Top Hat’s own Mike DiGregorio, Senior Manager of Customer Onboarding and Instructional Design, shares the key insights…
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Lessons From Top Hat’s Acquisition Spree
Top Hat announced that it has acquired yet another business: Fountainhead Press. The acquisition marks Top Hat’s third scoop of a…
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Top Hat Continues To Amass Traditional Publishers With Acquisition of Fountainhead Press
Top Hat has acquired traditional textbook publisher Fountainhead Press, its third traditional publisher acquisition within the last year.…
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Top Hat Acquires Third Publisher in Nine Months
Top Hat has expanded its library of titles for the third time since spring, acquiring Dallas, Texas-based publisher Fountainhead Press. The…
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Online Textbook Publisher Top Hat Steps Up Consolidation Play With Third Acquisition in a Year
Top Hat is stepping up efforts to transform the postsecondary textbook industry into a digital business with the purchase of Fountainhead…
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What Makes Students More Likely To Return to School in Spring 2021?
eCampus News shared the key highlights from the Top Hat Field Report: Higher Ed Students Grade the Fall 2020 Semester report, which surveyed…
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Audience Response Systems Can Boost Student Engagement
Western University of Health Sciences professor Frank Spors credits audience response systems like Top Hat for bringing new life into his…
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54 Tech Startups To Bet Your Career On in 2021
Top Hat was highlighted in this list of rising tech companies worth pursuing a career with. For this list, Business Insider chose ‘growth…
