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Guest Lecture

  1. James Lang’s Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It

    Reducing distraction in the classroom starts with introducing variety, demonstrating empathy and thinking like a playwright and a poet

  2. Meet the Educator Tackling Hip Hop, Race and Class in His Course

    "Deconstructing Drake and The Weeknd" delves into the massive success stories of two music titans, bringing a much-needed dose of diversity to academia

  3. Interactive Textbooks Help Gen Z Learn From Real-World Content

    Professor Stephen Buckles’ digital textbook motivates students to discuss economics concepts. He’s even been able to keep it up-to-date with a case study on GameStop.

  4. How a Digital Textbook Helped Earn This Prof a Perfect Course Evaluation

    Educator Nicole McNichols’ Top Hat textbook aligned with Gen Z’s learning style—plus, boosted student exam scores along with her own course evaluations

  5. How ‘Doing Less’ Can Improve Community and Connectivity Online

    Giving up control in your online courses helps create a sense of belonging among students, says professor Jessica Roisen

  6. 7 Steps Professors Can Take to Build More Inclusive Classrooms

    Inclusivity and equity need to be at the forefront of your classroom this semester—here’s how to get started

  7. Michelle Miller on Radical Availability and How Good Course Design Impacts Community

    If there was ever a time to make trade offs and question our basic assumptions, that time is now

  8. In Conversation With the Hope Center’s Christine Baker-Smith

    Understanding students’ basic needs is the first step in becoming student-ready this fall

  9. In Conversation With Tony Bates: Could Online Teaching Change Higher Ed for the Better?

    Understanding how students learn is the first step in adapting courses for online delivery

  10. Resilient Pedagogy for the Age of Disruption: A Conversation with Josh Eyler

    Resilient course design promises greater efficiency for instructors and more engaging learning for students—regardless of the modality

  11. Why This Professor Is on a Mission to Change How People Learn

    Harvard University Extension School professor Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa believes technology may be just what teachers need in order to excel

  12. This Harvard Professor Is Breaking Down Barriers for Low-Income Students

    Anthony Abraham Jack is on a mission to help new-to-college students navigate higher ed by effecting institutional change at universities and colleges nationwide

  13. Why Giving Students Personalized Attention Is a Must for All Professors

    Ohio University professor Laura M. Harrison on why investing in ways to support students should be the priority of any higher education institution

  14. I Rejected Tenure to Focus on Fixing the Classroom

    Josh Eyler walked away from a tenured position, choosing instead to pursue his passion: affecting the way professors think about teaching. Now, he is focused on working with faculty to implement evidence-based teaching strategies that help students succeed

  15. This Professor Is Focused on the Lasting Trauma of Gun Violence

    When sociologist and ethnographer Jooyoung Lee’s friend was shot in a racially-motivated attack, it shook him to the core—and inspired his study of gun violence in pursuit of grassroots policy change

  16. My Education Began When I Realized We’re Not Taught to Teach

    For Lauren Herckis, an anthropologist at Carnegie Mellon University, change is the only constant in a teaching life. But if you listen and adapt, you'll do more than survive—you'll thrive

  17. College is Failing Students When It Comes to Digital Literacy

    Tony Bates, who helped pioneer distance education and computer assisted learning at the University of British Columbia, says that leadership is critical to solving the privacy and digital literacy dilemmas that have existed in education since the 1990s

  18. How Education Helped This Author Escape a Decade of Abuse

    There's far too much silence around domestic abuse, says bestselling author, speaker and UofT scholarship award winner Samra Zafar

  19. How This Professor Became a Crusader For the Disenfranchised

    Sara Goldrick-Rab, the Temple University professor and scholar-activist working to make college more affordable and equitable, was disinterested in academia until she discovered her passion for creating change

  20. How a Riot, a Rock Band and Rutgers Led to the Rise of Richard Florida

    Top Hat is the active learning platform that makes it easy for professors to engage students and build comprehension before, during and after class. This interview is part of our recurring series “Academic Admissions” where we ask interesting people to tell us about the transformative role education has played in their lives. For more than […]