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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Education Technology
The Best Chrome Extensions and Apps for College Professors
Here is a list of the best Chrome extensions and apps for teachers and professors in 2019. Take your teaching to the…
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Student Engagement
What Students Are Saying About the Fall 2019 Semester
What today’s college students have to say about their hopes and frustrations for the academic year ahead
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Student Engagement
Cognitive Psychology Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How Top Hat’s always up-to-date interactive textbook fares in the higher ed marketplace
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Student Engagement
11 Ideas For Boosting Classroom Attendance
We know from studies—and the wisdom that comes with experience—that attending class leads to improved student…
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Student Assessment
How to Save 3 Hours of Grading Time
Top Hat offers tools for easily employing both formative and summative assessments
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Student Engagement
Biology Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading biology textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Teaching Strategies
Video: Create a 50-Question Test in Under 2 Minutes
How Top Hat can make building assessments quick, easy and painless
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Education Technology
Making Smart Choices About Tech In The Classroom
For professors, new technology can be a great opportunity to grow and experiment as educators. But making the right…
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Student Assessment
The Evolution of Testing: Student Assessment Through the Ages
From oral exams in medieval Europe, to artificial intelligence in modern grading, we track the history of higher ed…
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Student Engagement
Atoms First General Chemistry Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading general chemistry textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Academic Admissions
Why This Professor Is on a Mission to Change How People Learn
Harvard University Extension School professor Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa believes technology may be just what teachers…
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Trends in Higher Education
Over 3.5 Million Students Have Used Top Hat
After a decade of disrupting higher education, Top Hat CEO and co-founder Mike Silagadze examines the company’s growth…
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Trends in Higher Education
How to Use Textbooks to Teach Generation Z
The newest cohort of college students has a markedly different and more productive relationship with digital technology…
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Faculty Development
Save 9+ Hours of Admin Time With Top Hat
Preparing and curating a course takes a great deal of time and effort. But there’s a way to gain access to high…
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Student Engagement
American Government Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading government textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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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…
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Trends in Higher Education
Behind the Soaring Cost of College Textbooks
We look at the figures, the consequences—and the solutions
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Student Engagement
Research Methods in Psychological Science Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading research methods in psychological science textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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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…
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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
