Name: Engaging the student outside of class/Developing a Canvas Mastery Path for Individualized Learning
Start: 2024-05-14T10:30:00-0400
End: 2024-05-14T11:15:00-0400

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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Engaging the student outside of class/Developing a Canvas Mastery Path for Individualized Learning

TALK 1: Learning and student engagement do not have to end when the lecture period does! Students can "chat" with each other about videos, books, articles, images and more using the Perusall platform. Persuall is a social platform that allows students to engage in course materials and can be used for synchronous and asynchronous classes--best of all, you don't have to grade! See how students can interact with this, and how it might fit in your class.

TALK 2: Students come to universities with a variety of past experiences and skill sets and we want to ensure that all students are set up for success in their respective fields. Spatial visualization skills are critical in many scientific and technical fields including engineering and research has shown that these skills can be developed through training. Students complete a spatial visualization test as part of Michigan Tech’s first-year engineering student orientation, which helps us identify students who could benefit from additional training to help them develop their spatial abilities.

We currently offer a one credit course, ENG1002: Introduction to 3-D Spatial Visualization, for these students in their first semester. These skills are further developed through a variety of activities in ENG1002 and reinforced in their second semester engineering class, ENG1102: Engineering Modeling and Design. There are many pros and cons to having this separate class, but one downside is that many students may score well enough to not be required to take ENG1002, but could still benefit from additional spatial training. One method we are investigating is the use of Canvas Mastery Path for all students. Canvas Mastery Path allows us to have students do a preliminary assessment of their abilities on a specific topic and, based on their scores, be directed to help specifically tailored to meet their needs.

This presentation will focus on the development of the Canvas Mastery Path and tips and tricks to using this in your own classroom for targeted, individualized learning.

Speakers

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.

UPTLC 2024

Dr. Mary Raber

Thu Nguyen

Amber Kemppainen

AJ Hamlin

James Bittner

Gabriel Draughon

Matthew Barron

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