Today’s students are profoundly different than those of twenty years ago. These students come to class equipped with powerful technology. As personal devices become increasingly accessible, they begin to impact students’ educational experiences and expectations. As a result, BYOD (“bring your own device”) policies have become common in the higher education classroom.

Top Hat is a mobile student engagement system that allows students to use their personal devices to interact with course material. Instructors are able to harnesses the multi-functional and robust features of mobile devices to enhance the learning experience for students of this generation. The lecture transforms from passive to active.

Top Hat can be used to conduct assessments, collect feedback, administer quizzes and more. Results are aggregated and displayed in realtime while synchronously updated in individual student gradebooks. Its design is simple and intuitive for students and professors. Beyond these fundamental student response features, Top Hat is the most versatile solution on the market — instructors can create 6 different question types, students can initiate questions, and either can launch long-form discussions that continue beyond the classroom. In addition, it has unique features, such as a “tournament” module that allows students to go head-to-head in a fun competition to demonstrate their knowledge.

Top Hat is a tool for 21st century educators and students. In addition, they have recently published a few ebooks on The Modern Student and The Modern Classroom. Browse their resources page to learn more about opportunities to learn more about their mission and their product here: www.tophat.com/modern-educator-resources.