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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
Using an AI chatbot for Project Reflection

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TALK 1: This past academic year, faculty at Michigan Tech have piloted the use of an AI chatbot (Riffbot) to aid in assisting students with deepening their reflection of learning activities. Riffbot is a tool developed by the Stanford d.school and is designed to help people reflect by asking questions. The bot begins with an initial framing question, which can be defined by the instructor and serves as the starting point for the conversation. Then it moves into deeper, probing questions based on the students' responses
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In our semester design project in ENG1102: Engineering Modeling and Design, Riffbot was employed three times during the semester after specific project activities. The first time students reflected on their experiences completing an educational escape box run by Educational Outreach at Michigan Tech. The second and third times were having students reflect on the feedback they received on various stages of their own escape box prototypes.

This presentation focuses on the pros and cons of using this particular form of AI chatbot. It will also provide recommendations in terms of logistics, prompt development, and timing to maximize student engagement and participation.

TALK 2: We will share the analysis results of the data we collect regarding students' use and perceptions toward the use of ChatGPT in learning Python programming, which will provide practical guidance for the use of generative AI in higher education.
Speakers
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Amber Kemppainen

Michigan Technological University
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Linda Wanless

Educational Technologist, Michigan Technological University

Tuesday May 14, 2024 2:45pm - 3:30pm EDT
JHUC 911
  Lightning Talk, Teaching and learning in the age of AI

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