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There are many active learning modalities informed by different teaching and learning traditions. We envision these modalities on a spectrum. This spectrum can be rearranged depending on the quality ...

Today's context for higher education presents student affairs with many challenges. Among these are new technologies, changing student demographics, demands for greater accountability, concern about ...

Active learning, or instructional methods that actively engage students in their own learning, is on the rise. So, too, are physical spaces dedicated to this kind of teaching. These are positive ...

One of the challenges of catalyzing a transformation of higher education towards an active learning model is that students are simply not demanding that this change occur. In class this term I showed ...

The active learning classrooms have been specially designed to promote essential student engagement and collaboration. These spaces use advanced technology including extended full wall whiteboards, ...

When Learning is Active, Students See More Value in their College Investment According to Top Hat’s Faculty Preparedness Survey from August 2020, educators were making concerted efforts to prepare for ...

Top Hat’s new virtual classroom capabilities are imbued with all the elements of Top Hat that educators depend on to deliver an engaging and effective learning experience to millions of higher ed ...