How-to Guides
Balancing Academia: Managing Research, Teaching and Service Using Agile Methodologies
Webinars and Videos
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How-to Guides
How to Dramatically Improve the College Experience
In this webinar, Dan Chambliss, co-author of How College Works, argues that carefully nurtured relationships with mentors and classmates are the key to improving higher education.
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How-to Guides
Strategies for Succeeding as Adjunct Faculty
This webinar discusses the challenges facing adjuncts today, highlights the best professional development practices for adjuncts, and strategies adjuncts can use for professional and personal success.
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Trends and Insights
Engage 2017: Jonah Berger Keynote, Why Things Catch On
Why do some ideas catch on while others falter? In this keynote talk filmed in Chicago during Top Hat's Engage 2017 Conference, Wharton professor and best-selling author Jonah Berger discusses the power of virality and ideas.
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Trends and Insights
Fixing America’s Higher Ed Problem, with Jacques Berlinerblau
In this webinar, Georgetown professor and author Jacques Berlinerblau delivers timely insights into what’s working and what’s not on campuses nationwide.
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Teaching Strategies
Sir Ken Robinson on Revolutionizing Education from the Ground Up
Sir Ken Robinson, author of the New York Times best-selling book Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education, shares his thoughts on the future of education
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How-to Guides
Webinar: Teaching with Top Hat at CSU
Join California State University (CSU) professors Miguel Delgado Helleseter and Jude Antonyappan as they discuss their motivations behind adopting Top Hat’s all-in-one teaching platform, how they transitioned to new technology, and the benefits they’ve seen
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How-to Guides
How to use Open Educational Resources at OHIO
In this webinar you will hear how OU faculty are successfully using Top Hat to implement OER course materials in their classes. You'll also see a practical demo that will show you how to make the most of Top Hat's OER offerings
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Teaching Strategies
Product Talks: Why Top Hat Test Matters
In this webinar, Top Hat Product Manager Steve Pascoe discusses the impetus for developing Top Hat Test and highlights its features and functionality
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How-to Guides
Talking Top Hat with Dr. Barbara White
Dr. Barbara White of Indiana University South Bend joins us in a webinar to share her experiences using Top Hat at IU, and discusses how Top Hat has benefited her students and changed the way she teaches
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Trends and Insights
Engage 2017: Steven Sloman Keynote, Ignorance and the Community of Knowledge
In this closing keynote presentation, Steven Sloman, Brown University professor and author of 'The Knowledge Illusion', explains why we know less than we think we do
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Teaching Strategies
Panel: Creating Your Perfect Class with Custom Educational Content
Filmed at Engage 2017, a group of professors discuss the myriad ways in which they create and use custom content in their classes
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Teaching Strategies
Panel: Size Doesn’t Matter: Making Big Classes Feel Small and Small Classes Work Better
Filmed at Engage 2017, this panel of professors discusses techniques and strategies for making personal connections in large classes
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Trends and Insights
Panel: The Pros & Cons of OER
In this panel discussion, educators who’ve both authored and adopted OER discuss the pros and cons, and why they’ve ultimately embraced OER as the future of teaching and academic community-building
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Teaching Strategies
Webinar: Active Learning, Course Design and the Promise of OER
How do you teach? It’s a question that university faculty and administrators are constantly trying to answer. Join C. Edward Watson for an in-depth discussion on active learning, course design, and the promise of open educational resources
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How-to Guides
How to Save Students Money by Using and Scaling Open Educational Resources
Watch this on-demand webinar to hear experts discuss the rise and benefits of OER in the college classroom
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Teaching Strategies
Engage 2018 Keynote: Professor José Vazquez
Hear José Vazquez, professor of economics at the University of Illinois, discus the future of teaching in higher ed in this keynote presentation from Top Hat's teaching conference
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Teaching Strategies
What Is Active Learning?
In this short video explainer we explore the rise of active learning, its positive impact on student outcomes and demonstrate how technology has made it easier than ever to implement at scale
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Teaching Strategies
Making the Most of the Opening and Closing Minutes of Class Time
James M. Lang explains how small changes to teaching can make a big difference to student learning
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Teaching Strategies
Panel: Personalized Learning in a Diverse Classroom
Filmed in Chicago at Engage 2017, a panel of professors share techniques they’ve used to reach every student in today’s diverse classroom