In researching her book Helping Faculty Find Work-Life Balance: The Path Toward Family Friendly Institutions, Virginia Commonwealth University professor Maike Philipsen looked at work-related stress for academics at different stages of their careers. What she found: workplace stress never goes away, but the sources change. Subscribe to Top Hat’s weekly blog recap Get the best […]
VR in education isn't just entertaining. It could become integral to a holistic, three-dimensional understanding of a particular subject. We look at trends in VR in higher education and how it is impacting the classroom
Dr. Thierry Karsenti, Canada Research Chair on Technologies in Education, believes technology in class is inevitable and should be embraced soon as possible.
Top Hat CEO Mike Silagadze is at Scaleupfest 2017 to talk about international growth and working with investors across borders
Low retention rates hurt universities through loss of funding and morale. These tips can benefit any lecturer looking to keep students engaged.
Professors are increasingly leaving traditional lectures behind and making their teaching more effective by getting students to interact with course content.
Real-time feedback in class can make your courses more personalized, enjoyable and effective in developing students’ knowledge and skills.
As "pop" psychology competes with real psychological science, Dr. Laura Freberg from California Polytechnic State University shares her teaching techniques to keep the subject academic and relevant.
It's essential for instructors to have an accurate attendance tracker. Here's our evaluation of the most popular technologies—polling, GPS and proximity.
An interview with UW profs Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West, whose one-credit seminar on battling misinformation has gone viral.
Postsecondary institutions have wildly different ideas of how much it costs to live in school—and it varies even for institutions in the same city.
Professor Carl Braunlich explains the advantages that an interactive textbook has over print -- it can be kept up-to-date, for one.
Education expert Dan Chambliss discusses what he calls his "capstone project," class sizes, and why simply knowing your students' names can go a long way.
In our webinar, Small Changes in Teaching, education expert James M. Lang covered active learning in a classroom. Here, he answers your questions.
Richard A Muller, author and Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley, writes about the inspirational teaching technique of political scientist Ken Jowitt.
It's official: Top Hat is the best Canadian startup around, and at the sixth annual TechVibes awards we received the trophy to prove it.
In the first of a regular series, we look at Betsy DeVos's actions as Secretary of State for Education--and we showcase the important developments you need to know.
About the least effective thing you can do to improve classroom learning is enact a major, centralized plan, according to sociology professor Dan Chambliss.
After a residential college was named for her at Yale, computer scientist Grace Hopper now has some of the recognition she deserves.
How using Top Hat in a class of 200 hospitality students prepares them for a career in a sector that is already being changed by disruptive technology.