Online Teaching and Learning
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…
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The Future of Active Learning
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Teaching Strategies
5 Ways to Prioritize Educational Equity in Your Virtual Classroom
Address equity issues in higher education through Universal Design for Learning, flexible and accommodating assignment…
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Active Learning
Considering Top Hat Pro? We answer your questions
Answers to the most popular questions from our “Active Learning, Anywhere” webinar
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Teaching Strategies
Supporting First-Generation College Students Is Essential in Academia’s ‘New Normal’
Academic and financial barriers pose a threat to first-generation college students’ success—and that’s even more…
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Online Teaching and Learning
Online Teaching: 3 Unique Challenges and How to Solve Them
Online teaching poses a different set of challenges for educators and students, but collaboration and communication make…
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Guest Lecture
Resilient Pedagogy for the Age of Disruption: A Conversation with Josh Eyler
Resilient course design promises greater efficiency for instructors and more engaging learning for students—regardless…
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Online Teaching and Learning
These 3 Professors Offer Their Advice for Online Teaching in the Fall
Connection, community and collaboration are at the forefront of what professors are striving for in their classrooms…
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Online Teaching and Learning
4 Synchronous Tools for Online Teaching and Learning
Highlighting the importance of building connections with students, strengthening support systems and assessing learners…
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Online Teaching and Learning
How Empathetic Teaching Motivates and Engages Students in Online Classes
Post-secondary students’ engagement can flourish in online courses through authentic, community-based pedagogy
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Online Teaching and Learning
How to Implement Synchronous and Asynchronous Teaching in Your Online Course
A blend of synchronous and asynchronous methods will help you keep your students engaged with course content
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Online Teaching and Learning
What You Need to Know About Hyflex Courses
As institutions consider how they will proceed in the Fall, there are a number of options available for blended or…
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Online Teaching and Learning
Using Top Hat to Include Synchronous and Asynchronous Elements in Your Online Class
A balance between real time and self-paced course components is essential for your online classroom. Here’s how Top…
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Online Teaching and Learning
Strategies to Make Online Teaching and Learning Stick
Successful online teaching relies on engaging students effectively in the process of their own learning
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Online Teaching and Learning
How to Plan and Design Any Online Course
Teaching in the online space means remodeling your approach to teaching and learning to ensure student success and an…
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Online Teaching and Learning
Why Distance Learning Matters Now More Than Ever
With the fall semester approaching, pressure is increasing for institutions and instructors to be ready to teach…
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Active Learning
Why Active Learning is Essential in Virtual Classrooms
Active learning techniques put collaboration, communication and higher-order thinking at the heart of your online course
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Top Hat University
How Ed Tech Can Help Create Tailored Learning Experiences
Personalized learning can help higher ed students see the value of their education beyond your classroom. Top Hat’s…
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Top Hat University
Why Student Insight Is Essential In The Virtual Classroom
Teaching with insight in an online environment means using data to support students and enhance the learning process as…
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Online Teaching and Learning
Infographic: Students Remain Hopeful for the Fall 2020 Semester
Despite an unparalleled winter term, students are looking forward to what the fall semester might offer
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Online Teaching and Learning
Differentiated Instruction in the Digital Classroom
For instructors, differentiating instruction according to individual student needs is the key to success in the virtual…
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Online Teaching and Learning
What Students Need to Succeed in Today’s College Classroom
As learning shifts online, ensuring students are successful is more important than ever
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Remote Teaching
How Online Educators Get It Done: A Conversation with Andrea Hendricks
This mathematics professor has taught remotely for 19 years—and has some wisdom to share
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Remote Teaching
Remote Teaching: When and How to Use Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Methods
Every course and educator is different. Consider your learning objectives, your students and the merits of each method to guide your…
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Remote Teaching
7 Ways for Professors to Manage the Transition to Online Teaching During COVID-19
Set yourself up for success when teaching college students in an online learning environment
