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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
The effects of Fear of Failure on student motivation and engagement

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In a climate that increasingly values student retention in the larger service realm of higher education, we faculty are the primary service touchpoint with the student. The classroom is fundamentally the central form of engagement for both the student and the teacher. With the modern learner, proper scaffolding needs to be in place to properly. As stated in the conference website, almost half of incoming college students have doubts about their ability to succeed. Awareness of motivational dispositions can be the first step in setting up proper scaffolding in the classroom and helping with those fears. The purpose of this talk is to introduce the concept of Fear of Failure (FF) and discuss how it can affect one's motivation and engagement. Background of FF will be conceptually discussed via Conroy’s (2001) multidimensional model of FF. In addition, we will also discuss the role that FF plays in larger models of student motivation and engagement (Martin, 2014). Understanding this information may help us in saving students who may be at risk of dropping out, as well as maximizing the potential of students who are currently engaged.
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Tuesday May 14, 2024 2:45pm - 3:30pm EDT
JHUC 952C
  Interactive Session, Engaging modern learners

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