Top Hat Scholar and Distinguished Lecturer Emeritus of biology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Andrew Petto, offers a series of tips to those new to teaching, from preparing and practicing lectures to reviewing after the final exam
What makes a good teacher in higher education is not your level of knowledge, or even your ability to grade students quickly. It’s down to the relationships you build in class and how you activate those through the techniques you use to teach
Soaring price tags aren’t just hurting students—they’re hurting professors, too. The results from our 2018 Professor Pulse Survey show that 90 percent of professors think the cost of textbooks is too high
Professors most readily learn from each other and by attending off-site conferences, while deeply distrusting departmental meetings, according to a new survey of nearly 2,000 professors across the US and Canada
Many students have to complete required courses in creative writing. Here's how Linda Rodriguez, Professor of Caribbean Literature, Film, and Creative Writing at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, uses the language of fairytales to introduce new writers to the process
How do clickers work? In this blog post, we cover the kinds of clicker devices available, and offer some use cases to aid student learning
Here are some STEM assignment creation tools that can foster active engagement at home, while being uniquely targeted to help students learn the particular subject you’re teaching
Many might consider multiple choice questions a trivial waste of time in the classroom, and prone to wild guesses. But Top Hat Scholar and Distinguished Lecturer Emeritus of biology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Andrew Petto, explains how, when you add a little more sophistication to them, you can start getting a good understanding of your students’ progress towards mastery
With so much uncertainty in the job market, self-regulated learning has become an essential skillset for lifelong learning and the ability to adapt to changing job requirements
Internationally acclaimed expert on creativity and innovation in education, and author of the books Finding Your Element, The Element and Out of Our Minds, was speaker at Top Hat conference
The use of technology in the classroom is now widespread. Trying to eliminate student technology use is a losing battle. Here are three reasons why it’s critical to use technology in your classroom
Digital literacy is the product of our modern age of instant messages, after-hours emails (if there were still an “after-hours”), and on-demand programming. The digital age of connectivity and mass communication has led to the development of new and dynamic forms of literacy, constantly changing in the on-going search for increased computing power. In short, […]
The inflation of post-secondary textbook pricing has surpassed that of the housing market, the cost of health care, and even college and university tuition.
What should your students call you? Instructor? Professor? Doctor? Or do they just go with your first name? This guide will serve as an answer to the question of “instructor vs professor” in how to style yourself and what to expect of your students
Looking for a checklist of things you need to ask a vendor when shopping for a classroom response system? This extract from our latest guide aimed at university administrators will take you through six important criteria to consider
In this extract from our new e-book, How to Use Clickers in Your College Classroom, we look at the historic and modern-day reasons a professor might want to use classroom response systems such as clickers — and some of the pitfalls, too
These apps for teachers, as recommended by Bonni Stachowiak of the Teaching in Higher Education podcast, will help you take back control of your information consumption and solve the mystery of where your time is going
Jenel Cavazos, Top Hat Top Scholar, Associate Professor of Psychology and Introductory Psychology Coordinator at the University of Oklahoma, writes on her experience implementing a classroom response system and offers tips on the practical—and technical—tasks to achieve success
Auto-graded fill in the blank questions are hard to fit to the needs of students. Here's how to create them on Top Hat and allow room for flexible answers
In this extract from our exclusive e-book, award-winning higher education journalist Philip Preville looks at the history and origin of Bloom's taxonomy and ponders its future place in classrooms that are increasingly dominated by technology