Event Overview & Agenda
Top Hat Engage 2020 is a three-day event where you will discover how to make real-time instructional decisions—powered by data—to maximize engagement, learning and student outcomes. Get inspired by your academic peers, and learn practical Top Hat tips and tricks that improve your teaching experience and help your students succeed in our Breakout Sessions.
- Day One
- Day Two
- Day Three
- Thursday, March 5th
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3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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6:30 pm
- Friday, March 6th
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8:00 am
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9:00 am
Opening Keynote: Top Hat CEO Mike Silagadze and
Featured Keynote: Dr. Lauren HerckisCampus Culture, Organizational Change and the Way Institutions and Individuals Engage With Ideas
Every professor has their own approach to incorporating new teaching strategies and technologies in their classroom. In this talk, Dr. Lauren Herckis will examine the rapid pace of change contemporary professors are experiencing and the social, cultural and academic forces affecting that change. She will discuss how faculty can look for support from their institutions while implementing new technologies that allow them to harness data and insights aimed at improving their teaching.
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Breakout Sessions
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Teaching with Insight
Making scholarship relevant for everyday learning
Teaching with Empathy
Student-centered approaches to higher education
Teaching with Experience
Best practices from educators and institutions
10:30 am
2020 Efficacy Grant Recipients: Proposal Showcase
Blake Regan Ohio University
Sarah Sletten University of North Dakota
Lora Jacobi Stephen F. Austin State University
Jennifer Donovan Arizona State University
Jessica Kruger and Shauna Zorich University at Buffalo
Laura Freberg and Clarissa Thompson California Polytechnic State University and Kent State University
Student Success Starts with a Great First-Year Experience
Sue-L Cohen East Carolina University
Brian O'Connell Northeastern University
11:30 am
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Workshop
Laura Freberg California Polytechnic State University
Clarissa Thompson Kent State University
Student Success in the 21st Century: How Instructors Can Evolve Their Approach Along with Students' Needs
Jessica Roisen St. Ambrose University
Sarah Sletten University of North Dakota
12:30 pm
2019 Efficacy Grant Recipients: Research Showcase
Elaine Bohórquez North Carolina State University
Kyle Anderson University of Saskatchewan
James Ross East Los Angeles College
Gen Z Has Arrived: A Roundtable on the Unique Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching Today's Students
Deanna Behnke-Cook University of Guelph
Nick Carbonaro Long Beach City College
Lora Jacobi Stephen F. Austin State University
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1:15 pm
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2:30 pm
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4:00 pm
Product Keynote: VP Product Marketing Nina Bilimoria Angelo
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6:30 pm
- Saturday, March 7th
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8:30 am
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9:30 am
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11:15 am
Featured Keynote: Dr. Christopher Emdin
The Interstitial Space of the Academic Place
In this talk, Dr. Christopher Emdin will discuss the philosophical approaches and teaching strategies educators can harness to improve engagement and academic success rates of diverse, interdisciplinary student populations. The seven teaching tools highlighted will offer an emotional charge, and introduce a philosophical shift and change in practice so that professors can return to their campuses empowered to transform their instruction.
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12:15 pm
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Breakout Sessions
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Teaching with Insight
Making scholarship relevant for everyday learning
Teaching with Empathy
Student-centered approaches to higher education
Teaching with Experience
Best practices from educators and institutions
1:30 pm
Small Changes: Lessons from Learning Science That Can Improve Face-to-Face and Online Teaching
Demian Hommel Oregon State University
Andrea Hendricks Georgia State University
Pedagogy and Practice That Supports Inclusive Learning Experiences
Natasha Liebig Adams State University
Eric Davis Bellevue College
Derrick Spiva San Francisco State University
2:30 pm
Emerging Approaches to Teacher Development in Higher Ed
Nancy Legge Idaho State University
Clarissa Thompson Kent State University
Stacy Gant North Carolina State University
Reaching Students with Learning Disabilities in a Diverse Student Population
Brittany Joseph Bowling Green State University
3:30 pm
Independent Learning Can Improve Outcomes: Three Professors Share the Secrets of Their Success
Matthew Numer Dalhousie University
Steven Forsey University of Waterloo
Charles Atwood University of Utah
Prioritizing Mental Health in Higher Ed Curriculum: Lessons from Oregon State University
Erica Woekel Oregon State University
Daniel Roberson Oregon State University
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4:15 pm