Harleen Dhami

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…

Teaching Strategies

Supporting First-Generation College Students Is Essential in Academia’s ‘New Normal’

Academic and financial barriers pose a threat to first-generation college students’ success—and that’s even more pronounced in this…

Online Teaching and Learning

How Empathetic Teaching Motivates and Engages Students in Online Classes

Post-secondary students’ engagement can flourish in online courses through authentic, community-based pedagogy

Online Teaching and Learning

Using Top Hat to Include Synchronous and Asynchronous Elements in Your Online Class

A balance between real time and self-paced course components is essential for your online classroom. Here’s how Top Hat can help you…

Active Learning

Why Active Learning is Essential in Virtual Classrooms

Active learning techniques put collaboration, communication and higher-order thinking at the heart of your online course

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How Ed Tech Can Help Create Tailored Learning Experiences

Personalized learning can help higher ed students see the value of their education beyond your classroom. Top Hat’s new features can help…

Online Teaching and Learning

Infographic: Students Remain Hopeful for the Fall 2020 Semester

Despite an unparalleled winter term, students are looking forward to what the fall semester might offer

Online Teaching and Learning

Infographic: Students Report Being Deprived of Academic and Social Opportunities

Over 3,000 higher ed students made it clear that college was so much more than just a place for learning

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The Importance of Creating Connections with Students in a Virtual Classroom

Inclusive teaching starts with engagement, feedback and accessibility. Top Hat’s new features can help inject empathy into your course…

Online Teaching and Learning

5 Tips for Creating a True Online Learning Community

Elevate student learning outcomes by responding to their needs, communicating outside of class time and supporting them with non-academic…

Online Teaching and Learning

The Top 10 Online Teaching Resources

Literature and digital tools help ensure that equity, engagement and subject mastery don’t suffer in your online or blended class

Online Teaching and Learning

What Empathy in the Classroom Means Today

Compassion, consistency and communication are three must-haves for blended or fully online classes

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6 Tips for Thriving in the Virtual Classroom with Top Hat

Creating an active learning environment has never been more essential. Here’s how Top Hat can help you engage higher ed students remotely

Remote Teaching

Top Tips to Help College Students Succeed in Their Remote Tests

Practice quizzes, flexibility in testing times and structured study sessions can help prepare higher ed students for this new wave of…