How Instructors Can Prevent Cheating in College
Long before the existence of the Internet, students have found ways to cheat. They wrote mathematical formulas on their hands or tried to…
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Online Exam Tools: Some Popular Technologies
There’s more to testing than paper. And as schools demand assessment technology that is secure, accessible and respects the integrity of…
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Textbook Industry Trends: Why Publishers are in Trouble
Three years ago, the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company provided a dire forecast for the sector in a report titled The Future of…
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How to Organize a Lecture: Use This Free Planning Tool
Every teacher knows what a pedagogical lecture plan is meant to achieve in the classroom. But if you want to know how to organize your…
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Gamification Examples That Foster Competition in Students
In an extract from our new teaching guide, Innovative and Unexpected Ways to Teach Your College Class, we look at a couple of great…
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Tips for Finding Good OER Content for Your Course
Instructors are increasingly using Open Educational Resources (OER). But given the wide variety of materials available, how do you judge…
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A Guide to Embracing Classroom Technology
Competing for your students’ attention against a flurry of social media notifications? Philip Preville, higher education journalist and…
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Current Trends in Education: Professor Pulse Survey 2017
The results are in from our comprehensive survey of over 5,000 educators across the United States and the world—our definitive barometer…
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Keylogging is the Latest Way of Cheating in College
Professors have always had to contend with cheating in college, but thanks to the growing use of technology in the classroom, students are…
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Cellphones in School are Essential to Learning, Say Students
The students have spoken and one thing is clear: They view their mobile devices as an essential part of in-class learning. In early…
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Tools That Make Modern College Class Attendance Taking Easy
Student demographics are changing from the days when college class attendance taking was common and attendance was fully mandatory in every…
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10 of the Most Innovative People In Edtech Social Media
In a world of proclaimed experts on social media, who is actually worth listening to? We’ve picked 10 people doing interesting and…
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4 Professors Share Tips On Teaching Diverse Students
There are no typical students, and no typical classroom. Some students might have never grown up with a university tradition in their…
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Top 2018 Edtech Predictions: New Mindsets and Finding Value
We spoke to Elijah Mayfield and Todd Brekhus, two of the top influencers in the educational technology world, to get their 2018 edtech…
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Class Activities Inspired By Bloom’s Taxonomy: Your Step-by-Step Guide
An important step in developing your course content is determining how it will be delivered to students. How do you select a diverse range…
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4 Creative Teaching Ideas to Use During Your College Course
Need a boost to your teaching as you enter into the new semester? Here are four creative teaching ideas for each stage of your course, from…
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Student-Centered Learning: 3 Ways Students Can Take Over
Student-centered learning focuses on the meaningful needs and development of students in class, rather than the pedagogical course material…
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How To Assign Students Randomly Generated Questions With Top Hat
Enforcing academic integrity can be a challenge when it comes to setting assignment or test questions. One way Top Hat can help is through…
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3 Advantages of Custom Textbooks Versus Traditional Textbooks
From cars to shoes to Goldfish crackers, everything is being customized nowadays. Companies are realizing that allowing consumers to…
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Instructional Design at Top Hat: Q&A with Mike Di Gregorio
‘Instructional design’ is much more than a campus buzzword, and Top Hat’s Manager of Customer Success Enablement, Mike Di Gregorio,…