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Harleen Dhami

Harleen Dhami is a Senior Content 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.

  1. 3 Ways to Bring Your Organic Chemistry Course to Life

    Professor William Ogilvie’s textbook emphasizes a mechanistic approach that favors understanding and application over memorization

  2. 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…

  3. How to Give General Chemistry Students Confidence

    Professor Franklin Ow was determined to remove barriers to success in his general chemistry course. Here’s how authoring a digital…

  4. 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:…

  5. 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…

  6. How a Digital Textbook Helped Earn This Prof a Perfect Course Evaluation

    Educator Nicole McNichols’ Top Hat textbook aligned with Gen Z’s learning style—plus, boosted student exam scores along with her own…

  7. 3 Ways to Drive Reading Comprehension Using a Digital Textbook

    Generation Z aren’t the type to read for fun—here’s how to address that in your real-time and self-paced college classes

  8. 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…

  9. 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…

  10. 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…

  11. 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…

  12. Top Hat Embarks on Next Phase of Growth with $130M USD Series E Fundraise and New CEO

    New funding and leadership will accelerate digital transformation of higher ed publishing industry and propel global growth

  13. 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…

  14. 3 Ways to Balance Your Workload With Student Needs

    Innovative educators share their advice for putting student success at the forefront—without risking burnout

  15. 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…

  16. 4 Ways to Serve Up Conversation Starters in Class

    Students miss back-and-forth communication with their peers. Here’s how to fix that online.

  17. 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…

  18. 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.…

  19. 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…

  20. 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…