Upper Peninsula Teaching & Learning Conference - 2026

Conference Check-In 1:00pm - 4:30pm

Pre-Conference Workshop: Exploring AI for Teaching and Learning: A Hands-On Workshop 2:30pm - 4:30pm

Conference Check-In 7:15am - 3:30pm

The Write Pathway:...

Cut Through Information Chaos 10:30am - 11:20am

Beyond the Prompt: Building Custom Gemini "Gems" for... 12:30pm - 1:20pm

Can Your Students Describe What They Learned? A Pract... 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Evaluating Hands-O...

Bridging Theory an...

AI for Doubters: Why None of Us Should Ignore Artific... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Breakfast and Keynote: AI’s Impact on Teaching and the Future of... 8:15am - 9:15am

Lunch 11:30am - 12:20pm

Closing the Loop:...

Teaching historica...

Higher Education Assessment and Its Discontents 10:30am - 11:20am

Active Learning Made Manageable: Getting Started with... 12:30pm - 1:20pm

Artificial Intelligence for Teaching and Learning Com... 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Turning Grade Grub...

Closing the Learni...

Integrating AI Literacy into the Composition Classroo... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Mulligan Exams: Re...

Creating Perfect G...

Using the AI Sandwich Framework to Create OER with Ge... 10:30am - 11:20am

Beyond Quizzes: Practice-Based Learning Activities wi... 12:30pm - 1:20pm

Efficacy of Faculty Training to Improve Confidence Im... 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Generative AI in t...

Breaking the AICE:...

Is Excel dead? How do we teach data literacy in the A... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Open Education Initiatives in the Upper Peninsula: In... 12:30pm - 1:20pm

Digital Communication and Creation Across Disciplines 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Bridging Cultures and Concepts: Indigenous Approaches... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Lessons from the N...

Forensic Chemistry...

A walk in our shoes: building classroom community thr... 10:30am - 11:20am

Reinvigorating Academic Service Learning at NMU: A Ro... 12:30pm - 1:20pm

Mindful Self-Compassion for Students and Faculty 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Courageous Care: S...

Heart-based Learning with Arts-Based Methods 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Teaching for Acces...

Whose Draft Is It?...

Extending Access: Bringing Tutoring and Academic Supp... 10:30am - 11:20am

Welcoming Challenge: Talking About Failure 12:30pm - 1:20pm

Universal Design for Learning in University Language... 1:30pm - 2:20pm

Using Student-Gene...

The Accessible Tec...

Learning to see with both eyes: Teaching for both Ind... 3:30pm - 4:20pm