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.
Student sentiments about learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: what's worked, what hasn't, and their expectations in the next normal.
Four of Taylor & Francis’ most popular textbooks will be converted into digital interactive courseware on Top Hat’s proven active learning courseware platform Educators who adopt these textbooks will have the flexibility to bring active learning to life for students in both in-person and online classrooms, with tools to take attendance, present slides, host discussions, […]
‘I just sort of felt like, okay, if I do hand over the reins, Top Hat will continue to grow’
In many college classrooms, engagement rates have plummeted steadily since the start of the term. Here’s how to rejuvenate your course midway through the semester.
Creating a culturally responsive classroom will help diverse students feel seen in your college courses
Professor William Ogilvie’s textbook emphasizes a mechanistic approach that favors understanding and application over memorization
Canadian tech leaders are getting sacked left and right. Some are replacing themselves, and some are being replaced. There’s Top Hat’s Mike Silagadze who stepped down as CEO right as the company had a near-majority stake acquired by investor Georgian partners. Then there’s Shopify, where CEO and co-founder Tobi Lütke sacked his CPO to take […]
Professor Franklin Ow was determined to remove barriers to success in his general chemistry course. Here’s how authoring a digital textbook helped improve equity and comprehension.
The rise of “Zoom University” was only possible because edtech wasn’t ready to address the biggest opportunity of the past year: remote learning at scale. Now, nearly a year since students were first sent home because of the coronavirus, a cohort of edtech companies is emerging, emboldened with millions in venture capital, ready to take […]
In this byline by Lindsay Tan, a Top Hat customer and associate professor at Auburn University, she espouses the virtues of being a values-driven educator. Tan is focused on giving all her students the tools and confidence to succeed on their own terms — and to help create a cohort of professionals who are curious, […]
Educator Nicole McNichols’ Top Hat textbook aligned with Gen Z’s learning style—plus, boosted student exam scores along with her own course evaluations
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
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 successor will be Joe Rohrlich, who previously served as chief revenue officer for Bazaarvoice, an e-commerce analytics company. Over his 11 years at Bazaarvoice, Rohrlich helped grow the […]
Top Hat announced a US $130-million equity investment round, more than doubling the total amount it’s raised since launching in 2009. The funding, all from existing investor Georgian, follows a suite of acquisitions for the Toronto based firm — and caps co-founder Mike Silagadze’s tenure as CEO. That’s where Joe Rohrlich comes in. The new […]
Longtime Top Hat investor Georgian Partners has committed an additional $130 million USD into Top Hat following a year of COVID-fueled changes and industry-disrupting acquisitions, culminating in new leadership. The investment, Georgian’s fourth in Top Hat, represents a continued and increasing commitment to the startup by the firm. The financing comes with news that founding […]
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 postsecondary textbook trade into a digital industry. The deal will help Top Hat position itself to be a leading disruptor in the education sector as publishers shift away from physical textbooks. Read […]
New funding and leadership will accelerate digital transformation of higher ed publishing industry and propel global growth
This joint op-ed between Mike Silagadze and Jeff Selingo makes the argument that we need to conceive digital education as complementing a new version of traditional education that better engages students and cultivates the distinctly human qualities of empathy, insight, and experience — all essential elements for success in the modern age. Instead of pitting […]
Innovative educators share their advice for putting student success at the forefront—without risking burnout
In this byline by Top Hat’s own Mike DiGregorio, Senior Manager of Customer Onboarding and Instructional Design, shares the key insights from Top Hat’s most recent survey of 3,000 undergraduates: that students who agreed their instructors promoted active learning and collaboration were more likely to say they saw value in their higher ed investment and […]