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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
Certification Testing - Workforce, Industry, Credits... OH MY!

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Certification testing for industry has been around a very long time. My grandfather’s Automotive Service Excellence diploma from 1954 is proof. Now, ASE testers complete exams on brakes or transmissions and upon successful completion are awarded with certification. Employers seek verification that candidates can really do what they say they can do and are willing to pay for that higher level of knowledge. If an applicant has the workforce certification as documentation, it shows the employer that they have the tenacity and grit to do what is required and that you go above and beyond. (Linkedin; Benefits of Certifications in a highly competitive digital & modern workplace; Jul 28, 2022)
While not many people LOVE completing exams, the benefits far outweigh the time and effort it takes to show your smarts. Certification testing has taken root in the online testing space allowing a tester to complete a certification when they are prepared, by registering and completing an exam that has been created and vetted by industry professionals and accepted as a standard of educational excellence. Testing companies partner with industry organizations for standardized exams for healthcare, IT, education, agriculture, business and accounting fields, and technology. (Fortune; Ivana Pino, May 24, 2023)
Come and learn about certification testing options and how to help your colleagues and students by attending this presentation and receiving a wealth of resources and knowledge to share.
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Becky Landenberger

Testing Services Manager, Bay College

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

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