Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning - CETAL

Join us at NMU as the host this year for UPTLC - Upper Peninsula Teaching & Learning Conference of MI.

Call for proposals is still open https://cfp.sched.com/speaker/vHg1plCkYF

We are excited to announce that C. Edward (Eddie) Watson, VP for Digital Innovation for AAC&U, will be joining us at UPTLC 2026 to lead two exciting and important sessions!

Eddie's participation in the conference is possible thanks to support from NMU Academic Affairs and an anonymous donor to the NMU CTL.

Jen Gorman's Lunch & Learn on teaching in technology enhanced classrooms is now available to stream: https://video.alexanderstreet.com/p/83oEmVwA3 (On Campus Only)

Just one more great reason to attend this year's UPTLC!

"Five Graphs in a Row? That’s Way Too Many ! : Peer Educators as Formative Course Evaluators" will be held at 11:00 a.m. in Peninsula II of the Northern Center.

Tommissa Archambeau and H. Russell Searight will be discussing the current emphasis on assessment in universities tends to be focused on evaluating the extent to which students meet specific pre-ordained course objectives. End-of semester assessment, alone, does not lend itself to making changes while a course is in progress. By obtaining ongoing feedback throughout the semester, formative assessment can provide detailed information about discrete "micro-level" issues such as student engagement and the professor's choice of pedagogical techniques. This presentation describes an approach to formative course assessment with undergraduate student peer educators as evaluators. The peer educators are advanced undergraduate students who provide review sessions and tutoring for a specific course. the instructor requests that they regularly attend the class and complete weekly written assessments focusing on the instructor’s teaching style, course content, and student responsiveness. A current student instructor who is providing formative feedback will describe her experience in the role. She will also discuss how she has benefited from serving in this capacity. From the instructor’s perspective, the opportunity to receive highly specific feedback about the content covered in a particular class period, and the pedagogical techniques employed (e.g., case studies, video clips, quality of PowerPoint slides) contributes to an ongoing process of course revision.

Registration for the UPTLC Conference at NMU this May is now open! You can register at this link:

Upper Peninsula Teaching & Learning Conference Upper Peninsula Teaching & Learning Conference. Online registration by Cvent