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Top Hat Top Hat aims to transform student engagement by empowering educators to deliver personalized, meaningful and equitable learning.

Top Hat is the leader in student engagement for higher education. Our AI-powered platform helps educators create interactive, personalized learning experiences that deepen connection and drive meaningful student success. Reimagining Engagement in Higher Education

Top Hat is the leader in student engagement for higher education. Grounded in learning science and powered by AI, our platform helps educators create interactive, personalized learning experiences that deepen connection, strengthen belonging, and drive student success. A Platform Built for the Way Students Learn

What started as a tool to make lectures more interactive has grown into something bigger—a platform that makes learning come alive, from the first class to the final exam. Everything we build supports how students learn best: by doing, questioning, solving, and applying knowledge. Today, 30,000+ instructors at over 1,500 institutions use Top Hat to support more than 3 million students, turning classrooms into spaces of active exploration and connection. Our platform combines real-time engagement tools with customizable, interactive textbooks, homework, testing, and powerful analytics—all in one integrated experience. With Top Hat Ace, our AI-powered teaching and learning assistant, educators save time on course prep and students get the personalized study help they need to stay confident and on track. Sparking Better Teaching and Learning

Learning happens when students feel connected—to their instructors, their peers, and the material. That’s why Top Hat is built to do more than deliver content. We help educators teach with proven practices that boost engagement, comprehension, and outcomes—while keeping the human element at the heart of it all. Follow us to see how innovative educators are using Top Hat to help students stay engaged, motivated, and on track—on campuses across North America.

Congratulations to Dr. Monica Belcourt on receiving the HR Lifetime Achievement Award! Over the decades, Dr. Belcourt ha...
10/09/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Monica Belcourt on receiving the HR Lifetime Achievement Award! Over the decades, Dr. Belcourt has:
✅ Created the world’s first degrees in HR
✅ Founded Canada’s first School of HRM at York University
✅ Helped establish how HR professionals are certified in Canada
✅ Authored the HRM textbook series, available via Top Hat here: https://tophat.com/business/?utm_source=organic&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=belcourt-award -marketing

We’re proud to publish Monica’s work, and honoured to be part of her story. Congratulations, Monica!

10/07/2026

What makes students genuinely want to learn?

It’s a simple question but one that can get lost amid everything we feel compelled to cover in a semester.

In our latest Higher Listenings, Jal Mehta, Harvard Graduate School of Education professor and co-author of "In Search of Deeper Learning," makes the case for putting purpose, curiosity and doing at the center of learning—and rethinking what’s really worth carrying beyond the classroom.

Listen to the full episode: https://tophat.com/teaching-resources/podcast/?utm_source=organic&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=higher-listenings&utm_content=jal-mehta

09/23/2026

Grades. Requirements. Deadlines. Getting the right answer. Checking the right boxes.

They’re such familiar parts of higher education that we rarely stop to ask a more fundamental question: are they actually helping students learn in meaningful ways?

In our latest Higher Listenings, Dr. Susan Blum challenges us to rethink some of the structures we take for granted—and consider what might happen if we designed less around “doing school” and more around learning itself.

Listen now: https://tophat.com/teaching-resources/podcast/?utm_source=organic&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=susan-blum

Kinda chic to teach smarter.💅🏼 Even chicer to have the tools to do something about it. From turning lectures into two-wa...
08/13/2026

Kinda chic to teach smarter.💅🏼 Even chicer to have the tools to do something about it.

From turning lectures into two-way conversations to spotting learning gaps in real time, Top Hat helps you spend less time on admin work and more time creating those aha moments.

⚡️ Spark participation with live polls and discussions
📊 See who’s thriving—and who could use support
📕 Make course content interactive and easy to update
🗓️ Take attendance without the attendance sheet
🤖 AI to streamline prep and give students personalized study support

Explore what’s possible at: https://tophat.com/features/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=kinda-chic

07/22/2026

We're honored to share that Top Hat has been named one of TIME's World's Top EdTech Companies 2026!🎉

This marks the second time we've earned this recognition, highlighting our continued commitment to helping educators create more engaging, active and meaningful learning experiences.

A heartfelt thank you to our customers, partners and team members who make this possible.

Read more: https://bit.ly/45fY39A

07/17/2026

Teaching is at its best when students are engaged, connected and excited to learn. 🌼

That's why we've partnered with renowned educator and author Flower Darby to create a free 90 min Learning Lab filled with practical, evidence-based strategies you can use to foster deeper participation, stronger belonging and more meaningful learning—whether you teach online, in person or both.

Enroll for free and earn a certificate for faculty development: https://tophat.com/teaching-resources/toolkits-and-how-to-guides/learning-lab-flower-darby/?utm_source=organic&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=video

05/28/2026

What if AI could help students engage more deeply with readings instead of helping them avoid them?

In this episode of "Intentional Teaching," Professor Jessa Roisen shares how she uses AI-powered activities in Top Hat to make philosophy readings more active, and engaging. Students role-play conversations with characters from the text, teach concepts back to AI chatbots, and explore ideas through examples tailored to their own interests.

It’s a thoughtful example of using AI to help students wrestle with complex ideas in more meaningful ways.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation with Derek Bruff: https://intentionalteaching.buzzsprout.com/2069949/episodes/19191897-supporting-student-reading-with-jessa-roisen-and-donna-battista

05/20/2026

“Read Chapter 3” sounds simple enough. But for many students, making sense of complex readings requires more structure and support along the way.

In this episode of "Intentional Teaching," Professor Jessa Roisen shares how she uses Top Hat to help students engage more deeply with difficult texts. Instead of assigning 25 pages and hoping for the best, she embeds questions directly into the reading to help students pause, reflect and process key ideas as they go.

It’s a smart, practical rethink of what the reading experience can look like.🎧 Listen to the full conversation with Derek Bruff: https://intentionalteaching.buzzsprout.com/2069949/episodes/19191897-supporting-student-reading-with-jessa-roisen-and-donna-battista

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