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  1. 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 Hat can help you maintain an equilibrium

  2. Strategies to Make Online Teaching and Learning Stick

    Successful online teaching relies on engaging students effectively in the process of their own learning

  3. 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 new features can help professors unleash the power of their own experience

  4. 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 you go

  5. 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

  6. Differentiated Instruction in the Digital Classroom

    For instructors, differentiating instruction according to individual student needs is the key to success in the virtual classroom

  7. What Students Need to Succeed in Today’s College Classroom

    As learning shifts online, ensuring students are successful is more important than ever

  8. Infographic: Students Report Being Deprived of Academic and Social Opportunities

    Over 3,000 higher ed students made it clear that college was so much more than just a place for learning

  9. The Importance of Creating Connections with Students in a Virtual Classroom

    Inclusive teaching starts with engagement, feedback and accessibility. Top Hat’s new features can help inject empathy into your course delivery

  10. Infographic: Students Give Low Grades to Their Remote Learning Experience

    Over 3,000 higher ed students offered their views on this unprecedented semester

  11. 5 Tips for Creating a True Online Learning Community

    Elevate student learning outcomes by responding to their needs, communicating outside of class time and supporting them with non-academic resources

  12. Choosing the Right Remote Assessment Method for Your Course

    Open book, remote proctored, asynchronous assignment—selecting the appropriate final assessment type will depend on the needs of your class

  13. 5 Options for Flexible and Empathetic Summative Assessments

    With a little creativity and understanding, end-of-semester assessments don't have to suffer

  14. Adrift in a Pandemic: Survey of 3,089 Students Finds Uncertainty About Returning to College

    Understanding what’s important to today's college students will set the stage for success in the Fall

  15. 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 better online and blended learning can be

  16. How COVID-19 May Forever Change the Way Professors Teach

    Reductions in funding, immersive course materials and a mixture of in-person and virtual courses may alter higher ed as we know it

  17. 6 Tips for Thriving in the Virtual Classroom with Top Hat

    Creating an active learning environment has never been more essential. Here’s how Top Hat can help you engage higher ed students remotely

  18. Announcing the Winners and Nominees of the 2020 Top Hat Educator Awards

    In March 2020, Top Hat honored three educators dedicated to improving learning experiences for students before, during and after class

  19. Top Tips to Help College Students Succeed in Their Remote Tests

    Practice quizzes, flexibility in testing times and structured study sessions can help prepare higher ed students for this new wave of testing

  20. How In-Person Class Cancellations Are Affecting Higher Ed Students

    Five college students share their experience with campus closures and the unexpected transition to remote learning