Faculty Development
Why This Prof Thinks Engagement is in Need of an Emotional Rescue
Professor Sarah Rose Cavanagh, author and psychology professor, believes course material that is relevant to student…
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Faculty Development
4 Ways Introverted Professors Can Succeed in the Classroom
Getting outside your comfort zone and embracing your in-class personality are just a few of the ways introverted…
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Trends in Higher Education
How to Help Students Overcome Impostor Syndrome
No one is immune to impostor syndrome’s effects, and millennials, faced with constant comparisons to friends’…
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Faculty Development
What You Need to Know About Millennial Faculty
For Boomer and Gen X academics, here are five traits—including being teamwork-focused and boasting a reward-seeking…
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Agile Classroom
Intro to Biology Textbooks: 3 Subjects They Need To Cover
Biology—the study of living things and their vital processes—is a continuously evolving field. New cutting-edge…
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Educational ROI
Open Educational Resources (OER): The Ultimate Guide
Traditional textbooks—even electronic editions—are overpriced for students and for teachers, and worse still, the…
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Faculty Development
How To Avoid Burnout as a Professor
Dragging yourself to work, having trouble being productive and finding it hard to concentrate on a task may be a sign…
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Student Assessment
Introducing Top Hat’s New Gradebook
Top Hat’s revised grade and attendance management system is designed to be intuitive and easy to learn. Product…
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Student Engagement
Anatomy and Physiology Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading Anatomy and Physiology textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Faculty Development
How Education Helped This Author Escape a Decade of Abuse
There's far too much silence around domestic abuse, says bestselling author, speaker and UofT scholarship award winner…
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Agile Classroom
Agile Learning: Collaboration in the Classroom
Agile learning takes its inspiration from the concept of ‘agile’ as used in the world of technology. Agile teams…
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New to Teaching
5 Strategies for Improving Your Course Evaluation Results
There are good reasons colleges conduct student course evaluations, though you might be forgetting them as you skim…
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Educational ROI
Is College Worth It? Bill and Melinda Gates Want to Find Out
The current College Scorecard doesn’t give students enough information—so the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is…
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Student Engagement
19 Student Engagement Strategies to Start with in Your Course
Student engagement strategies are changing. Previously, in a traditional classroom, students would passively take notes…
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Student Engagement
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.…
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Agile Classroom
Teaching Styles: The Ultimate Guide
In this guide, you’ll learn what teaching styles are, how they vary and affect learning and what tools and resources…
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Student Engagement
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…
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Faculty Development
4 Professors Share Their Work Burnout Stories
Most faculty aren’t doing what they do for the money: it’s a vocation. But when you do what you love—and in…
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Agile Classroom
How Top Hat Can Save You Time During Course Prep
A little bit of time invested in learning new ways of doing something can pay huge dividends in the future. Top Hat is…
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Faculty Development
How This Professor Became a Crusader For the Disenfranchised
Sara Goldrick-Rab, the Temple University professor and scholar-activist working to make college more affordable and…
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Innovation in Teaching
2 Profs on the Benefits of a Course Refresh
In this abridged extract from our new e-book, The Professor’s Guide to Agile Teaching, we look at a pair of professors…
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New to Teaching
5 Strategies for Improving Your Course Evaluation Results
There are good reasons colleges conduct student course evaluations, though you might be forgetting them as you skim through your results.…
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Student Engagement
19 Student Engagement Strategies to Start with in Your Course
Student engagement strategies are changing. Previously, in a traditional classroom, students would passively take notes while the professor…
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Faculty Development
How This Professor Became a Crusader For the Disenfranchised
Sara Goldrick-Rab, the Temple University professor and scholar-activist working to make college more affordable and equitable, was…