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  1. Criminal Justice Professor Passionate about Creating Interactive and Engaging Online Classes

    For Dan Maxwell’s students, their academic experience didn’t change much during the transition to remote learning, as he worked with…

  2. 5 Options for Flexible and Empathetic Summative Assessments

    Here is some of the guidance Top Hat has been providing as instructors balance the need for student equity and access, while maintaining…

  3. Survival of the Unicorns: As the Economy Skidded, So Did Startups. Now They Need New Ideas, and Fast.

    Before the crisis, Toronto’s Tophatmonocle Corp. (Top Hat) had already made a name in the academic publishing business. Its app lets…

  4. Results from Top Hat’s COVID-19 Student Survey about Online Learning

    Top Hat is an ed tech company that both a) fosters active learning through software that goes beyond typical Learning Management System…

  5. Top Hat Launches Free Virtual Classroom Capabilities to Help Educators Better Engage and Motivate Higher Ed Students

    We are introducing Top Hat Basic—available free of charge—to enable professors to host synchronous online classes that engage students…

  6. Top Hat Launches Free Version of Platform as Universities Move to Online Learning

    Top Hat is launching a free version of its platform in addition to several new virtual classroom capabilities, in order to support…

  7. Three-Quarters of College Students Call Online Classes ‘Unengaging,’ Miss Campus Interactions

    In an April survey conducted by education technology vendor Top Hat, a quarter of college students said they’re undecided about…

  8. Toronto Tech Company Top Hat Buys Nelson Education’s Canadian University Textbook Division

    Canada’s largest education publisher, Nelson Education Ltd., has agreed to sell its domestic university textbook publishing business to…

  9. Educational Publisher Nelson Sells University Textbook Business to Top Hat

    Educational publisher Nelson has signed a deal to sell its domestic university textbook business to Top Hat and says it plans to focus on…

  10. Top Hat Acquires University Textbook Publishing Business in US $30-Million Deal

    The Toronto-based classroom tech company plans to focus on selling digital versions of the 400 textbooks it snapped up from Nelson…

  11. What is Distance Learning? The Benefits of Students Studying Remotely

    With the fall semester approaching, pressure is increasing for institutions and instructors to be ready to teach effectively online

  12. Differentiated Instruction in the Digital Classroom

    For instructors, differentiating instruction according to individual student needs is the key to success in the virtual classroom

  13. Adrift in a Pandemic: Survey of 3,089 Students Finds Uncertainty About Returning to College

    Understanding what’s important to today's college students will set the stage for success in the Fall

  14. We’re Launching Powerful Virtual Classroom Capabilities and a New Free Offering

    With major platform upgrades—and a new free virtual classroom offering—Top Hat is showing educators just how much better online and…

  15. 5 Easy Ways to Infuse Learning Science into Remote Teaching

    Learn five tips from Andrea Hendricks on how to easily incorporate learning science into the remote classroom. These practices will help…

  16. How Top Hat is Connecting Teachers and Students Online

    Colleges and universities in many regions are moving to remote, online teaching to avoid the gathering of large crowds. This will be a…

  17. How COVID-19 May Forever Change the Way Professors Teach

    What impact will COVID-19 have on higher education beyond the next few months? Top Hat’s founder and CEO Mike Silagadze discusses some…

  18. Remote Work Tech Companies Prepare for Surge in Customers Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

    Asked about how prepared online teaching platform Top Hat is for a swell of new users, senior director of communications and events Joel…

  19. How to Govern, Manage, and Work Amid COVID-19

    Top Hat, won’t just be remembered for pivoting amid disruption. After redesigning its classroom engagement offering to meet the needs of…

  20. Embracing Online Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Growing numbers of colleges and universities are shuttering their doors to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. In turn, educators have had to…