Top Hat Awards $100,000 Scholarship to Five Exceptional University Students
Top Hat has awarded scholarships worth a combined $100,000 USD to five exceptional students for their achievements.
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Harleen Dhami
Harleen Dhami is a Senior Growth Marketing Specialist for Top Hat. During her tenure at Top Hat, she's interviewed acclaimed educators including Dr. Bryan Dewsbury and Dr. Christopher Emdin. She works to amplify the stories of both faculty and students alike through case studies, blog posts and ebooks. Harleen holds a Master's Degree in Professional Communication from Toronto Metropolitan University. In 2020, she was the recipient of a Gold Quill Award of Merit presented by the International Association of Business Communicators.
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Top Hat and Fountainhead Press Announce Partnership to Significantly Improve ROI in Higher Education
Top Hat has partnered with independent textbook publisher Fountainhead Press to offer high-quality, affordable course materials.
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Open Educational Resources (OER): The Ultimate Guide
Traditional textbooks—even electronic editions—are overpriced for students and for teachers, and worse still, the price of hard copy and e-books increases with each revised edition. Open Educational Resources (OER) are becoming more widely adopted in the classroom for teaching and learning due to their flexibility, minimal costs and easier access for students. This guide outlines […]
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How to Help Introverts Thrive in the Classroom
Are you an introvert? Roughly one third to a half of the population feel most capable or alive in quiet environments. Author and speaker Susan Cain’s research centers around introverts, as the co-founder of the Quiet Revolution, a movement devoted to showcasing introverts’ strengths. She is also the author of Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths […]
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4 Professors Share: What I Wish I Had Known
How do you know if your teaching practice is effective—and whether you’re just teaching a certain way because that’s how your professors did it? In the spirit of reinvention—and remembering the ‘growth mindset,’ where making mistakes is an important part of getting better, here are four professors and how they decided to tweak their initial […]
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Podcast: Josh Guttman, Regional VP of Sales, Top Hat
Josh Guttman, Regional Vice President of Sales at Top Hat, outlines the must-haves in any sales role: authenticity, values and fighting the status quo. Listen to the full interview from John Barrows to learn more.
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Podcast: How to Create Agile and Active Learning Experiences
Eran Ben-Ari, Chief Product Officer at Top Hat, explains how Top Hat disrupts higher education on three levels—students, professors and textbook publishers—to create an agile learning environment. Listen to the full interview from CanInnovate to learn more.
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Taking OER To The Next Level at SXSW EDU 2019
Mike Silagadze, CEO and co-founder of Top Hat, acknowledges the benefits and criticisms of incorporating open educational resources into higher education. Read the full article from Education Dive to learn more.
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Active-Learning Classrooms, 7 Tips for Higher Education
Mike Silagadze, CEO and co-founder of Top Hat, believes that active learning cannot be restricted to the classroom but instead needs to transcend it. Read the full article from EdTech Magazine to learn more.
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Human Anatomy Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading human anatomy textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Trial and Error: Flipping the Flipped-Classroom Model
How Top Hat helps professors John Redden and Kristen Kimball engage their large class by using small group exercises: with a rethink of their instructional design, their students are more engaged. Read the full article from Inside Higher Ed to learn more.
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Socrates and Technology: Where Higher Education is Headed
Eran Ben-Ari, Chief Product Officer at Top Hat, explains the direction higher education is heading—one that revives the Socratic Method and emphasizes technology and data. Read the full article from Getting Smart to learn more.
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14 Things Faculty Say About Higher Ed Today
Top Hat’s 2018 Professor Pulse Survey finds that the biggest issues professors face are a lack of communication to and from university administration, and student apathy. Read the full article from eCampus News to learn more.
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41 EdTech Predictions for Higher Ed in 2019
Eran Ben-Ari, Chief Product Officer at Top Hat, believes technology will unlock student success—it permits active learning and keeps students engaged regardless of cohort size. Read the full article from eCampus News to learn more.
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Nontraditional but More Collaborative: Edtech Trends for 2019
Eran Ben-Ari, Chief Product Officer at Top Hat, explains how future classrooms will be built on collaboration and communication. Read the full article from EdSurge to learn more.
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How Universities Can Create Their Own Active-Learning Classrooms
Mike Silagadze, CEO and co-founder of Top Hat, believes active learning must exist beyond the classroom—students must be engaged not just in lectures, but before and after class. Read the full article from EdTech Magazine to learn more.
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Sociology Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading sociology textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Top Hat Receives 2018 Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ Leadership Award
Top Hat has for the third consecutive year been recognized with a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Leadership Award.
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Higher Ed Faculty Need Tech that Supports Active Learning
Mike Silagadze, CEO and co-founder of Top Hat, offers some strategies for how professors juggling the competing responsibilities of teaching and research can create active learning lesson plans. Read the full article from EdTech Digest to learn more.
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Top Hat Announces Annual Scholarship Program to Recognize Innovative Teaching Practices and Celebrate Student Leadership, Growth and Success
Top Hat to offer five scholarships to exceptional students, for a total prize value equivalent to $100,000 USD.