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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 • 2:45pm - 3:30pm
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Attendees often leave teaching conferences bright eyed and bushy tailed, with fresh and sometimes wild ideas about how they can transform their teaching. All too often, though, these ideas are not realized. Our plans are too lofty; our time is limited. What if we could change that? In this session, participants will debrief on what they’ve learned, come up with a plan of action, and break it into bite-sized pieces to implement. Through group ideation sessions and a gallery walk, participants will seek feedback on their plans. All attendees will be invited to participate in a pilot of a bite-sized accountability program to encourage participants to meet their own deadlines, reflect on their outcomes, and establish a community of practice around education innovation that works for them.

(we would want this session to be in the final time slot)
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Mary Raber

Dr. Mary Raber

Department Chair of Engineering Fundamentals, Michigan Technological University
Mary Raber is Department Chair of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Technological University.  Her research focuses on engineering education and educational innovation. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Michigan Technological University in 2021.
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Dr. Kelly Steelman

Department Chair of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, Michigan Technological University
Kelly Steelman is Department Chair of Cognitive and Learning Sciences at Michigan Technological University. Her research focuses on developing tools and trainings to help people keep up with technological change. Kelly received her doctorate in Psychology from the University of Illinois... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Maria Bergstrom

Dr. Maria Bergstrom

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Sciences and Arts Associate Teaching Professor, Humanities Depart, Michigan Technological University
I teach writing, literature, and professional development for Humanities students. I also serve as the undergraduate academic advisors for majors and minors in the Humanities department at Michigan Tech.I'm interested in reflection as a mode of learning and reflective writing as a... Read More →

Tuesday May 14, 2024 2:45pm - 3:30pm EDT
MS 123
  Interactive Session, Engaging modern learners

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