Archive

Student Engagement

  1. How to Strengthen Connectivity and Community in the New Semester

    Learning names, introducing icebreakers and ensuring students have ways to reach you outside of class time can help maintain connectivity in your online class

  2. 4 Synchronous Tools for Online Teaching and Learning

    Highlighting the importance of building connections with students, strengthening support systems and assessing learners with a multitude of options in your synchronous online course

  3. Using Empathy to Encourage Student Participation

    Inclusivity, creativity, and fun are the keys to fostering lively class discussions and engaging students in their own learning

  4. This Is Why We Are Investing $55M Into Higher Ed

    Improving educational ROI underpins everything we do at Top Hat — so we're putting that money towards improving student outcomes while reducing costs

  5. Statistics for Social Science Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading Statistics for Social Sciences textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  6. Canadian Business Law Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading Canadian business law textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  7. College Success Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading college success textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  8. Management Strategy Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading management strategy textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  9. How Think-Pair-Share Drives Student Participation

    Think-Pair-Share is an easy-to-implement strategy that improves the way students think, discuss and retain course material through group collaboration

  10. 5 Rules For Selecting The Right Classroom Technology

    One professor shares his views on how to blend digital and analog tools to create an ideal active learning environment

  11. College Algebra with Support Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading algebra textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  12. How Does Generation Z Really Learn in College?

    One neuroscience professor ponders the role that educators and technology have in teaching Gen Z students effectively and engagingly

  13. Social Psychology Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading social psychology textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  14. Making the Most of Guest Speakers in the Classroom

    How one professor uses guest speakers to allow her students to build a classroom community and engage in the process of their own learning

  15. How Technology Has Changed Where Students Learn

    Educational tools on mobile devices are not just changing how students learn, but where they consume content, one chemistry professor writes

  16. Management Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading management textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  17. Human Sexuality Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading human sexuality textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  18. Human Physiology Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading human physiology textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  19. 4 Surprising Ways To Boost Classroom Attendance

    We know from studies—and the wisdom that comes with experience—that attending class leads to improved student outcomes. And yet, it’s not uncommon for lecture halls to sit half-empty, particularly a few weeks into a course. If students are pressed for time or don’t see the value in coming to class, how can you encourage them […]

  20. What Students Think About Technology In The Classroom

    Today’s Gen Z students are changing—they are digital natives who have grown up with technology woven throughout their lives. Today’s classrooms are changing too. Technology is a basic skill today’s students need in higher education and in the workplace: but technology in the classroom isn’t just about students’ personal devices in class. It applies to […]