U.P. Teaching & Learning Conference At Michigan Tech

The first Upper Peninsula Teaching and Learning Conference is being held today on the campus of Michigan Tech.

More than 130 Higher Ed instructors from four universities are meeting to share best practices at more than 20 sessions.

Participants will attend sessions on Active Learning, Assessment, Online Learning and other issues in Higher Ed Teaching.

Session presenters are outstanding teachers who have been recruited by the William G. Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning at Michigan Tech and the NMU Center for Teaching and Learning.

The keynote address is being given by Christine Harrington, a licensed psychologist and professor of history and social sciences at Middlesex County College in New Jersey.

Harrington is also the author of “Student Success in College: Doing What Works!”