Minnesota State Academic and Student Affairs
April 10 from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Take a tour of the newly revised and re-launched CPL Academy, a professional development resource. Developed by Minnesota State faculty, the CPL Academy provides a solid foundation in credit for prior learning principles and practices, for faculty, staff, and administrators working in various aspects of CPL processes.
The Minnesota State Network for Educational Development is pleased to offer a series of short courses, long courses, workshops, and faculty learning communities on the NED Events Calendar for the Summer 2025 term. Plan ahead for your professional development.
Attend an upcoming virtual meeting on April 3 or April 4, 2025. Whether you currently teach a co-req course or will be in the future, you’ll learn and hear valuable stories from those partnering to teach co-req courses.
The Educational Development and Technology unit at Minnesota State launched the Copilot Evaluation Program in 2024, an initiative dedicated to planning for, developing, deploying, and evaluating the effectiveness of generative AI in instructional and non-instructional settings. Join one or all upcoming project showcases to get an overview of the exploratory work conducted this academic year with a special emphasis on insights and lessons learned.
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Z-degrees are a complete associate or bachelor’s degree program that exclusively use course resources that are no cost to students. With these additions, eleven (11) Minnesota State campuses currently offer Z-degrees and sixteen (16) are in process of exploring or implementing Z-degrees.
Join 2022 Educator of the Year Lindsy Mason O'Brien from Lake Superior College for an introduction and overview of various non-traditional grading methods. Get feedback and help developing individual plans for your courses or assignments. The three-part series is part of the NED Excellence in Teaching series.
Join the CPL Campus Roadshow on April 4, 2025, co-hosted by Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College. CPL Roadshows are an ongoing free series of professional development opportunities. Everyone – no matter what stage of CPL they consider themselves, their department, or campus in – is welcome to attend.
The MnLC Summit on Learning and Technology will be held on August 7, 2025. Registration is now open and session proposals are being accepted through March 28, 2025.
Join a cohort of scholars for the Minnesota State REFLECT project, which brings together faculty from across disciplines, institutions, and experience to participate in a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) faculty learning community. Apply by March 26, 2025. The project is specific to the context of a faculty member's classroom and the relationship between their teaching and their student’s experiences and learning.
The Network for Educational Development (NED) invites proposals for the 2025 NED Teaching and Learning Conference, which will be held in-person at Minnesota State University Moorhead and online on September 25-26, 2025.
The Understanding and Responding to Mass Incarceration conference will amplify the voices of those whose lives and communities have been disrupted by wrongful conviction and incarceration. The conference will be held on April 11, 2025 at Metro State University.
The March 2025 Transfer & Degree Audit Newsletter is now available. Learn about and find resources for degree audit, graduation planner, schedule builder, transfer, and more.
Join 2022 Educator of the Year Lindsy Mason O'Brien from Lake Superior College for an introduction and overview of various non-traditional grading methods. The sessions are part of the NED Excellence in Teaching series which honor and showcase the expertise of the Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence Educators of the Year.
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Submit a session proposal for the Minnesota State ASA-IT Conference to be held April 22-24, 2025. This year's conference theme is Innovate Together—Succeed Together.
Register for the “Examining Military Service From the Margins” virtual discussion series. Each session will use guiding questions and a set of core-shared resources like oral histories and films, to better understand how race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, and other factors have caused the military service of some individuals to be devalued or limited in some capacity.
This month's Educational Development Digest is now available. Stories include information on close-to-practice data collection, using D2L's Class Progress tool to support that collection, and an opportunity to share results at the NED Teaching and Learning Conference. Digital Accessibility Tip: Use accessibility checkers early.
Nomination guidelines for the 2025-2026 Minnesota State Board of Trustees (BOT) Awards for Excellence are now available. Nominations are due November 1, 2025.
Join the 6th Credit for Prior Learning Campus Roadshow on April 4, 2025, co-hosted by Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College. CPL Roadshows are an ongoing free series of professional development opportunities. Everyone – no matter what stage of CPL they consider themselves, their department, or campus in – is welcome to attend.
Collaborate with Minnesota State faculty who are committed to saving students on the cost of textbooks and course resources by using open educational resources (OER). There are several project types to choose from like redesigning a course, creating ancillary materials, or authoring course resources. Participants receive compensation in the form of release credit equivalency. Learn more and apply by April 4, 2025.
The Minnesota Office of Higher Education announces the opening of the 2025 Dual Training Grant Request for Proposal on March 4, 2025. Learn more and join upcoming RFP Writing Workshops.
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Minnesota State Academic and Student Affairs is excited to announce a new round of funding, with a focus on student mobility and transfer success. Applications are due March 28, 2025.
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Register for the Effordability Summit, held April 7-8, 2025. A call for proposals is open through February 24. Minnesota State employees whose proposal is accepted will be eligible to apply for travel support of up to $500.
The MnLC Summit on Learning and Technology will be held on August 7, 2025. Proposals are being accepted now through March 21, 2025. The summit brings together K-12 and higher education educators to learn, share, and network on topics related to digital and online learning.
Join colleagues in a series of Open Education Week webinars from March 3-7, 2025 to learn about the latest initiatives in Open Education across Minnesota State colleges and universities.
