Why Do Innovative Educators Use Active Learning? Because It Works
Professors are increasingly leaving traditional lectures behind and making their teaching more effective by getting students to interact…
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Flipped Learning 3.0: Take Teaching Beyond PowerPoint
About the further evolution of flipped learning, where learners can collaborate in online discussions with peers or even subject matter…
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4 Tips for Increasing Student Retention Rates
Low retention rates hurt universities through loss of funding and morale. These tips can benefit any lecturer looking to keep students…
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Canada’s Top Edtech Expert: Technology in Class is Inevitable
Dr. Thierry Karsenti, Canada Research Chair on Technologies in Education, believes technology in class is inevitable and should be embraced…
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Where VR in Education Has The Greatest Potential
VR in education isn't just entertaining. It could become integral to a holistic, three-dimensional understanding of a particular subject. We…
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Buying Textbooks vs. Renting: What Professors Should Know
Hardcover college textbooks can cost up to $400, and many classes require multiple textbooks—which is why students are being forced to…
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The 3 Career Stages of Academic Stress
In researching her book Helping Faculty Find Work-Life Balance: The Path Toward Family Friendly Institutions, Virginia Commonwealth…
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Behind the Buzzwords: A Guide to Modern Education Jargon
We’ve started a glossary to explain some of the more confusing education jargon used to describe modern teaching techniques and lesson…
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Lecturer Career Ideas: 4 Ways To Get Ahead
If you’re a lecturer waiting for your administration to send you on a training course, you could be waiting a long time. Taking the first…
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Dynamic Textbook Revisions Will Keep Your Classes Cutting Edge
In 2006, when Pluto lost its status as a planet, textbooks didn’t help alleviate confusion over the galactic changeup. Many still counted…
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Student Attendance Matters, Even If Lectures Are Online. Ask Harvard
Undergraduates enrolled in Harvard University’s critically acclaimed and popular Introduction to Computer Science course this fall have…
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Orchestrating Engagement: Self-Assessment for Music Students
Back in 1996, just before joining the faculty at Ohio’s Oberlin Conservatory, music theory professor Brian Alegant took a workshop for…
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Prevent Online Exam Cheating with Top Hat Test
Faced with unrelenting pressure to achieve high grades and increased competition for jobs and graduate school slots, students are resorting…
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Hurricane Preparedness and Recovery: What Faculty Should Do
In late August and early September, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma wreaked havoc not only on homes and businesses, but on post-secondary…
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Gamifying the Social Psychology Class: Winning Big with Video
Social psychology, says Professor Alex Nagurney, is typically the course that really animates students’ passion for psychology. “The…
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Engage 2017’s Innovative Educator Awards: Who Won and Why
Engage 2017 wasn’t just about learning new teaching techniques—it celebrated innovative educators who used new methods to meet their…
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Top Hat Wins PROFIT 500 Excellence In Innovation Award
Top Hat has received Canadian Business magazine’s PROFIT 500 Excellence in Innovation Award, recognizing its work pushing boundaries in…
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3 New Assessment Strategies for Testing in Higher Ed
Alternative assessment is about as “alternative” in your average university or college classroom as alternative music: which is to say…
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Preventing Fake Degrees and Fraudulent Credentials
If only preventing fake degrees and fraudulent instructors were as easy as unearthing this University of Rochester prankster, who recently…
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What is An Adjunct Professor? How To Solve Career Isolation
What is an adjunct professor? An adjunct professor, a term most often used in the U.S., is a temporary, part-time appointment brought in by…