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Zach Mercurio
Beyond Belonging: The Power of Mattering
When students feel they matter, they take risks, persist, and engage more deeply. Zach Mercurio, author of The Power of Mattering, offers practical ways to create a culture of mattering in your course.
Dr. Brad Cohen and Michelle Renda
Designing Learning Experiences Student Want
Explore how the affective side of learning supports engagement, understanding, and continuity in and out of the classroom. Watch now!
Flower darby
Spark Engagement & Joy in Any Classroom
Want to feel more energized in your teaching? Acclaimed educator and author Flower Darby shares how insights from positive psychology can bring more joy, resilience, and engagement to your classroom. Watch now!
Fall refresh 2025
Energize Your Teaching with Top Hat and Aktiv
Get insights and inspiration to elevate your next term—featuring a keynote from acclaimed author Dr. James Lang on reclaiming student reading in the age of AI.
Jessamyn Neuhaus
SNAFU EDU: What to Do When Teaching Goes Sideways
Get your toolkit of strategies for when things go sideways. Watch now!
Michelle Miller
Teaching from the Same Side
Tired of playing classroom cop? Dr. Michelle Miller shares how to turn your class into a collaborative, engaging space. Watch today!
Ted Ladd
Cultivating Student Self-Worth in the Age of AI
Learn how to use AI to promote student agency and self-worth by amplifying the talents and skills that only humans possess. Watch now!
Flower Darby
Small Teaching with AI: Simple Strategies for Engaged Learning
Get strategies to navigate ethical AI use, increase student engagement and maintain academic integrity in your course. Watch now!
Saundra McGuire
Boosting Student Motivation and Mastery in STEM
Award-winning STEM educator Dr. Saundra McGuire shares simple, research-based strategies to motivate students and deepen learning.
Derek Bruff
How to Improve Teaching and Learning with Generative AI
Dr. Derek Bruff, acclaimed educator and faculty developer, offers options, strategies and examples for reimagining assignments in the age of AI.
James Lang
Academic Integrity in the Age of AI
James Lang, educator and author of Cheating Lessons, shares course design practices that reduce the incentive to cheat.
Dr. Viji Sathy & Dr. Kelly Hogan
Inclusive Communication in the STEM Classroom
Dr. Viji Sathy and Dr. Kelly Hogan offer concrete strategies to improve student persistence and outcomes in STEM.
Michelle Miller
Learning at the Intersection of Cognition, Motivation and Technology
Dr. Michelle Miller, acclaimed educator, offers strategies on making the most of ed tech based on how the mind works.
José Antonio Bowen
From Syllabus to Assessment: Strategies for the New Semester
José Antonio Bowen shares ideas to help you create a welcoming, inclusive and engaging course.
Dr. Adam Sáenz
Changing Student Lives Through the Power of Connection
Adam Sáenz highlights strategies that will make a life-changing impact on your students.
Saundra McGuire
Teaching STEM Students How to Learn
Saundra McGuire presents concrete strategies to fuel academic success for all STEM students.
Dr. Barbara Oakley
Engaging Students: Insights from Neuroscience and the Big Screen
Dr. Barbara Oakley shares strategies to engage students using insights from movie-making and neuroscience.
Jesse Stommel
From Grades to Growth: Ungrading and Alternative Assessments
Jesse Stommel explores unique approaches to assessments that are designed to motivate all students.
José Antonio Bowen
Inclusive Teaching: Reaching More Students
A leader of change and innovation in higher ed for 35 years, José Antonio Bowen highlights inclusive teaching strategies you can put into action to ensure every student thrives.
Dr. Christopher Emdin
Transform Learning: Embracing Vulnerability and Authenticity
Best-selling author and social justice champion Dr. Christopher Emdin highlights the tangible ways we can spark moments of discovery and insight in all students by bringing our authentic selves to the classroom.
Dr. Pooja Agarwal
Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning
Cognitive scientist Dr. Pooja Agarwal will help reshape learning in your classroom with evidence-based teaching strategies designed to enhance engagement and belonging for your students.
James Lang
Teaching Distracted Minds: Old Challenges, New Contexts
Celebrated author and lecturer James Lang highlights activities to help you capture and sustain student attention in any classroom.
Dr. Viji Sathy & Dr. Kelly Hogan
Inclusive Teaching: Empowering All Students to Thrive
Dr. Sathy and Dr. Hogan address inequities in the classroom and offer tips to help all students feel included.
Stephanie Dillon
Breaking the Mold: Transforming Student Retention and Success in Chemistry
Learn how one professor is dramatically reducing DFW rates in her general chemistry course while upping the ante on student engagement.
Naomi Latini Wolfe
Social Problems & Silver Linings: Tackling Sensitive Subjects
Author and sociologist Naomi Latini Wolfe discusses how to facilitate difficult discussions to help students thrive.
Jeffrey Klausman
Composing a College Career: Setting the Table for Student Success
Dr. Jeffrey Klausman speaks on how to help students identify and personalize strategies to maximize their success in college.
Robert Brym & Mellisa Holtzman
Unanswered Questions, Active Minds: The Power of ‘Doing’ in Introductory Sociology
The authors of Sociology: Thinking Beyond the Book explore ways to deepen engagement in introductory sociology. Watch today!
Derek Weber
Culturing an Idea: Creating & Delivering Engaging Lab Content
See how Derek Weber creates student-centered lab content that delivers engaging learning experiences.