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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 • 2:15pm - 2:45pm
Incorporation of lab time to improve student achievement within a database course

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Research has shown that having more application-based experiences can improve student retention and achievement (Schmitz, 2019; Matz et. al, 2012). Furthermore, students engaging with hands-on activities during scheduled class time can lead to a more positive view of teacher effectiveness (Schmitz, 2019). Students are not spending enough time working with databases. Having a lab section, students have the opportunity to work directly with SQL (programming language for creating and manipulating databases), put new concepts into practice, and develop database applications. Students write SQL code, interact with MariaDB/MySQL databases, and access databases using a high-level programming language improving their programming skills. In this presentation, we will address the creation, development, and implementation of a lab section for the database course offered at Lake Superior State University. Additionally, we will discuss obstacles that the students and I have experienced and what were results observed after the end of the first semester(s).
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Paul Bartus

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Lake Superior State University / Main campus at Sault Ste. Marie

Tuesday May 14, 2024 2:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
JHUC 952B
  Poster Session, Engaging modern learners

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