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  1. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. 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…

  5. As Employers Send Workers Home, Some Tech Companies Stand To Benefit From COVID-19 Crisis

    Mike Silagadze, CEO of Toronto-based digital textbook provider Tophatmonocle Corp., said he sees this as “an opportunity to reach…

  6. Amazing Ways Canadian Startups Are Tackling the COVID-19 Crisis

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

  7. Top Hat Raises $72 Million CAD Series D, Inks deals to Disrupt the Textbook Industry

    Top Hat has raised $72 million CAD ($55 million USD) in a Series D funding round to help the company accelerate its goal of disrupting the…

  8. Edtech Startups Prepare to Become ‘Not Just a Teaching Tool’ but a Necessity

    As classrooms close to limit the spread of the coronavirus, educators scramble to move learning online. Read the article in Tech Crunch to…

  9. Top Hat Raises $55M to Expand Digital Courseware, OER

    Top Hat, an ed tech company that specializes in creating open educational resources (OER), announced that it raised $55 million in Series D…

  10. Top Hat Raises $55M Series D Funding for its Higher Ed Learning Platform

    Top Hat, announces it has raised $55 million in Series D funding co-led by Georgian Partners and Inovia Capital. All of the company’s…

  11. Top Hat Raises $55 Million to Take on Big Textbook Publishers

    Top Hat has inked deals with Fountainhead Press and Bluedoor Publishing to convert all the publishers’ content into digital materials over…

  12. Top Hat Raises US$55 Million in Series D Round

    The latest investment for Top Hat was co-led by existing investors Georgian Partners and Inovia Capital. Top Hat has raised over US$104…

  13. Top Hat Raises $55M Series D To Help Make The 8 a.m., 150-Person Lecture More Interactive

    Top Hat wants to help textbook publishers bring their content from print-only to digitally palatable. And, since it’s 2020, add fully…

  14. Top Hat Raises $55-million in Debt and Equity Financing as it Prepares to Partner with Small Publishers

    “The entire academic textbook publishing space has been facing double-digit revenue declines,” Mr. Silagadze said. “Top Hat is…

  15. How Top Hat Supports Different Approaches to Summative Assessments

    Top Hat offers two types of remote summative assessments that are flexible and customizable to accommodate online learning

  16. Top Hat Remote Teaching Quick Start Resources

    Access in-depth resources, including webinars, support videos and articles to get started with Top Hat quickly and efficiently

  17. How Top Hat Keeps Your Students Engaged in a Remote Learning Environment

    There are a number of ways for instructors to ensure remote learners stay up to date with course content—no matter where and when they…

  18. Top Hat Announces Free Secure Remote Proctoring for Tests and Exams

    As university and college campuses close, Top Hat is addressing the pressing challenge of administering tests and final exams remotely

  19. In Response to COVID-19, Top Hat’s Platform is Now Free for Professors Who Need a Remote Teaching Solution

    Colleges and universities across North America are facing unprecedented disruption and uncertainty. At Top Hat, we share the concerns of all…

  20. What Professors Loved at Previous Top Hat Engage Conferences

    Our attendees share their favourite parts of past Engage conferences, as well as what they're looking forward to this year