Harleen Dhami

Teaching Strategies

5 Ways to Advocate for Your Students During This Election

Scholars online urge educators to adopt an empathetic and flexible mindset in the lead up to the federal election

Teaching Strategies

How to Manage Microaggressions in Your Classroom

Your three-step guide to facilitating civil discourse online

Teaching Strategies

Creating an Equitable Classroom Community in 7 Steps

Invest in students’ personal and academic success by building an equity-minded learning environment

Student Engagement

9 Ways to Embrace Community Management in Higher Ed

Help all students thrive online by seeking out new ways to enhance communication and collaboration

Student Engagement

How to Personalize Your Online Classroom to Fuel Student Engagement

A personalized learning environment allows students to see themselves reflected in all aspects of course content

Active Learning

8 Essential Active Learning Strategies for Your Next Class—In Any Modality

Active learning activities designed for in-person, hybrid or fully online courses

Online Teaching and Learning

Infographic: Faculty Know the Importance of Community—But Need Institutional Support

Building a sense of community in the online classroom is essential, and instructors are looking for solutions to keep students connected

Online Teaching and Learning

9 Professors on How They Conquered Asynchronous Teaching Hurdles

A roundup of best practices for asynchronous online learning and teaching, as offered by academics on social media

Online Teaching and Learning

Infographic: The Disconnect Between Faculty and Institutions Over the Fall Semester

800+ higher education instructors raised eyebrows over their institutions’ stated plans

Student Engagement

The Trick to Maintaining Student Engagement and Attendance in Your Online Class

Six best practices for any synchronous online course

Active Learning

Active Learning Exercises for Multiple Teaching Modalities

5 activities that work equally well in real-time, self-paced and face-to-face classrooms

Online Teaching and Learning

5 Ways to Personalize the Online Course Experience

We share actionable tips for online teachers who are looking to tailor the virtual classroom experience through flexibility, community and…

Guest Lecture

James Lang’s Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It

Navigating distraction in the virtual classroom starts with curating novel, community-oriented learning activities

Online Teaching and Learning

Elevate Your STEM Class with Top Hat’s Lab Functionality

Our six step guide to setting up your virtual lab in Top Hat

Online Teaching and Learning

Diagnostic Assessment Design to Boost Student Learning In Any Online Course

Consider these tips when designing diagnostic assessments to meet student needs—applicable across any discipline

Online Teaching and Learning

5 Essential Icebreaker Activities for Any Online Course

Reduce student anxiety and uncertainty with these virtual icebreakers

Student Engagement

How to Strengthen Connectivity and Community in the New Semester

Learning names, introducing icebreakers and ensuring students have ways to reach you outside of class time can help maintain connectivity in…

Guest Lecture

Using Ed Tech to Boost Student Outcomes and Engagement in the Virtual Classroom

Professor Frank Spors explains how infusing the human element in your course can help sustain community, collaboration and engagement in…

Faculty Development

3 Ways to Maintain Work-Life Balance in the New Teaching Paradigm

Productivity shouldn’t be the sole end goal for faculty members. Avoid burnout by balancing your teaching schedule, finding time-saving…

Teaching Strategies

5 Ways to Prioritize Educational Equity in Your Virtual Classroom

Address equity issues in higher education through Universal Design for Learning, flexible and accommodating assignment deadlines and…