Teaching Strategies
Reading Before Lectures Helps Students Succeed
Incorporating online prereading into your course results in improved final grades, Professor Steven Forsey of the…
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Engage 2020
Teaching with Insight at Top Hat Engage 2020
Top Hat Engage 2020 has dozens of sessions, organized by three themes: Teaching with Experience, Teaching with Empathy,…
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Engage 2020
Teaching with Experience at Top Hat Engage 2020
Top Hat Engage 2020 has dozens of sessions, organized by three themes: Teaching with Insight, Teaching with Empathy, and…
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Engage 2020
Teaching with Empathy at Top Hat Engage 2020
Top Hat Engage 2020 has dozens of sessions, organized by three themes: Teaching with Insight, Teaching with Experience,…
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Student Engagement
Canadian Business Law Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading Canadian business law textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Teaching Strategies
4 Ways To Master the Start of A New Semester
How the best college professors address common misconceptions and set expectations in their classrooms at the beginning…
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Teaching Strategies
Using Self-Reflection To Become A Better Educator
The art of teaching is naturally an iterative process. Even without formal reviews or reflection, the things we learn as…
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Teaching Strategies
How Professors Can Master Presenting In The Classroom
One professor discusses some top tips for presenting course material to today's students in an effective and engaging…
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5 Reasons to Attend Top Hat Engage 2020
Join 300+ progressive educators for the third annual higher education conference. This year's theme is Teaching with…
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Student Engagement
College Success Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading college success textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Trends in Higher Education
Technology in Education: Emerging Trends for 2020
Customized learning experiences, diverse content delivery mechanisms and data leveraged to improve student outcomes will…
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Student Engagement
2020 Vision: What College Students Are Looking Forward To In The Coming Year
As final exams wrap and college campuses empty out for the holiday season, today’s students are looking forward to the…
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Faculty Development
Five Resolutions for a New Term (or Year, or Decade!)
One professor discusses embracing technology, guest speakers and active learning in her New Years' resolutions for 2020
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Education Technology
Debunking the Biggest Myths about Digital Courseware
Here, we examine four of digital course materials biggest myths in the higher education space and determine the…
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Teaching Strategies
How to Properly Implement Digital Textbooks in Your Classroom
While digital textbooks are increasingly making their way into classrooms, they require a new approach to teaching and…
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Student Engagement
Management Strategy Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading management strategy textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Teaching Strategies
How Think-Pair-Share Drives Student Participation
Think-Pair-Share is an easy-to-implement strategy that improves the way students think, discuss and retain course…
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Student Engagement
Using Clickers and Curiosity To Engage Students In The Classroom
How one chemistry professor used clickers to drive curiosity in his classroom
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Teaching Strategies
5 Rules For Selecting The Right Classroom Technology
One professor shares his views on how to blend digital and analog tools to create an ideal active learning environment
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Student Engagement
College Algebra with Support Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading algebra textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Innovation in Teaching
Stephen Buckles, Lead Author of Top Hat’s 3 Intro Course for Economics Textbooks
How this Vanderbilt University professor with a career in economics research and teaching used Top Hat to best engage…
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Education Technology
4 Emerging Education Technology Trends to Watch
Education and technology have always developed hand-in-hand—and technology has always informed the way we educate. But we are far from the…
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Academic Admissions
This Harvard Professor Is Breaking Down Barriers for Low-Income Students
Anthony Abraham Jack is on a mission to help new-to-college students navigate higher ed by effecting institutional change at universities…
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Teaching Strategies
4 Learning Myths Every Professor Needs to Know
Myths can be harmful. Confronting neuromyths about learning will help educators pursue a primary mandate they share with doctors: do no harm
