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Daman Lamba

Daman Lamba contributed to Top Hat during her time as a Social Media and Content Marketing Specialist at Top Hat. Previously, she was a Social Media Producer at VICE Media.

  1. 20 Ways Professors Can Make Their Classes More Inclusive

    Inclusive teaching and learning spaces ensure all students not only feel a sense of belonging but have what they need to reach their…

  2. Why Student Success Depends on Continuous Feedback

    3 ways educators can collect—and act on—real-time data to enhance the learning experience

  3. Aspiring to Create Learning Experiences Students Remember

    Experiential learning can help students regain their footing and a sense of purpose and accountability in their pursuit of higher education

  4. Create Meaningful Learning Experiences with an Interactive Customizable Textbook

    How to create meaningful learning experiences with interactive, digital textbooks that contain relevant material

  5. Undergraduates Need Extra Support This Year—Here’s How to Help

    Instead of back to school, let's get back to better

  6. Introducing the Recipients of Top Hat’s Black Educator Grant

    Lakeshia Legette Jones and Donna M. Smith will use Top Hat to get diverse STEM students across the finish line

  7. Virginia Commonwealth University and Top Hat Partner to Improve Student Affordability and Deliver More Dynamic and Valuable Learning Experiences

    Most students are openly questioning the ROI of a higher ed degree, with less than one in five (19 percent) students reporting that the…

  8. The Tech Promising To Bring Lectures Alive

    College educators are trying new technology to make online classes more engaging.

  9. Lessons From a Year of Pandemic Learning

    A survey looks at what expectations college and university students have for instruction and educational value in the fall 2021 academic…

  10. Hanging Up the Hat: Why Top Hat’s Mike Silagadze Is Handing the CEO Job to Someone Else

    ‘I just sort of felt like, okay, if I do hand over the reins, Top Hat will continue to grow’

  11. Understanding Canadian Tech’s Leadership Turnover

    Canadian tech leaders are getting sacked left and right. Some are replacing themselves, and some are being replaced. There’s Top Hat’s…

  12. Tired of ‘Zoom University’? So is Edtech

    The rise of “Zoom University” was only possible because edtech wasn’t ready to address the biggest opportunity of the past year:…

  13. Building a Virtual Equity-Driven Learning Community

    In this byline by Lindsay Tan, a Top Hat customer and associate professor at Auburn University, she espouses the virtues of being a…

  14. Digital Courseware Provider Top Hat Gets $130M and a New CEO

    Mike Silagadze, who in 2009 co-founded Top Hat, will be stepping away from the role on March 15 after serving as CEO for over a decade. His…

  15. Top Hat Co-Founder To Step Down as CEO as Edtech Company Embarks on Aggressive Growth Plan

    Top Hat announced a US $130-million equity investment round, more than doubling the total amount it’s raised since launching in 2009. The…

  16. Georgian Doubles Down on Top Hat with $130 million USD Investment as Company Swaps CEOs

    Longtime Top Hat investor Georgian Partners has committed an additional $130 million USD into Top Hat following a year of COVID-fueled…

  17. Toronto Digital Textbook Publisher Top Hat Raises $130-Million From Georgian, Recruits New CEO

    Top Hat has hired a new CEO and secured a US$130-million investment from its largest shareholder to pursue its strategy to transform the…

  18. The Pandemic Hit Colleges Hard, But Surfaced the Potential of Blended Learning

    This joint op-ed between Mike Silagadze and Jeff Selingo makes the argument that we need to conceive digital education as complementing a…

  19. Is COVID-19 Pushing Higher Ed Over the Technology Tipping Point?

    In this byline by Top Hat’s own Mike DiGregorio, Senior Manager of Customer Onboarding and Instructional Design, shares the key insights…

  20. Lessons From Top Hat’s Acquisition Spree

    Top Hat announced that it has acquired yet another business: Fountainhead Press. The acquisition marks Top Hat’s third scoop of a…