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The 2024 Upper Peninsula Teaching and Learning Conference (UPTLC) will be hosted by Bay College in Escanaba, Michigan, May 13-14, 2024. This year’s theme is Embracing Change: Meeting the Needs of Modern Learners. This theme captures the ongoing challenges wrought by the pandemic, the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and increased awareness of the diverse academic and mental health needs of today’s learners. This conference will create a community of educators invested in honing human and technological skills for successful, sustainable teaching and learning. 

The conference includes pre-conference interactive workshops, optional social activities, and a full conference day of concurrent sessions, poster sessions, and “Birds of a Feather” gathering time. We’re excited to share four timely conference tracks:

  • Teaching techniques for online, hybrid, or virtual learning 

  • Teaching and learning in the age of AI 

  • Engaging modern learners 

  • Self-care for college students and/or college employees

The UPTLC is a regional conference focused on the practice and scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education and K-12 education. The UPTLC creates a space for educators to connect, learn, share, and continue growing skills for teaching and learning. We invite educators and educational staff/administration to submit presentation proposals and/ or attend this conference.

5/7 - Registration is now closed; we can’t wait to see you at UPTLC 2024!

**schedule subject to change**
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Tuesday, May 14 • 1:30pm - 2:15pm
Asparagus is Still a Healthy Option Even If You Prefer Broccoli: A Closer Look at Learning Preferences of Modern Learners

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Basing instruction on learning styles stems from a theory that became widely accepted despite a lack of evidence and unfortunately, is still believed in by many educators today (Nancekivell et al., 2020; Rogowsky et al., 2020). While learning styles lack empirical evidence to support them, students do have learning preferences. The goals of this session will be to underscore that learning styles are a myth, including a review of the neuroscientific research on how employing multiple sensory modalities is more effective in learning than just one, and identify trends of learning preferences among modern learners. We will discuss survey results of LSSU student learning preferences for various college-level subject areas. We will then provide examples of, and how to, implement some of the evidence-based preferences of modern learners.

Nancekivell, S. E., Shah, P., & Gelman, S. A. (2020). Maybe they’re born with it, or maybe it’s experience: Toward a deeper understanding of the learning style myth. Journal of Educational Psychology, 112(2), 221–235. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000366

Rogowsky, B. A., Calhoun, B. M., & Tallal, P. (2020). Providing instruction based on students’ learning style preferences does not improve learning. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 164–164. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00164
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DK

Tuesday May 14, 2024 1:30pm - 2:15pm EDT
JHUC 901
  Interactive Session, Engaging modern learners

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