Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State
Minnesota State is partnering with the University of Wisconsin, Stout, for the annual "E”ffordability Summit: Access The Future. The "E"ffordability Summit will be held March 17 – March 18, 2020... Continue Reading →
Minnesota State seeks to support student, faculty, and staff innovation that shows great potential for improving teaching, learning, and access for students across its 37 colleges and universities. Funded projects... Continue Reading →
Each year Educational Innovations at the Minnesota State system office conducts a survey of textbook cost savings resulting from the use of open textbooks the past academic year. This data... Continue Reading →
November 20-22, 2019 Minnesota State faculty and staff are invited to attend (at no charge) the 2019 Accessing Higher Ground (AHG) Virtual Conference at one of ten Minnesota State campus... Continue Reading →
Supported in part by funding through the State of Minnesota Legislature, Minnesota State announces its Zero-Textbook Cost Degree (Z-Degree) Project participants. Z-Degree Large Grant The following six colleges have received... Continue Reading →
Zoom is a communications software that combines video conferencing, online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration. Minnesota State students, staff, and faculty can sign in with their Star ID. Zoom Tips... Continue Reading →
Please see below the upcoming open educational resources (OER) opportunities available from Minnesota State for faculty and staff this fall. Z-Degree Project Minnesota State is embarking on a project to... Continue Reading →
Zoom is a communications software that combines video conferencing, online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration. Zoom Tips are monthly posts on the Minnesota State ASA Newsletter that take a closer... Continue Reading →
The Minnesota State system office invites campuses within the system to submit an interest application as the first step to participate in the Minnesota State Z-Degree Project (Zero Textbook Cost... Continue Reading →
There is a lot happening with open educational resources (OER) at Minnesota State. Proof of that could be seen on the first day of the 2019 Spring Academic and Student... Continue Reading →
Zoom is a communications software that combines video conferencing, online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration. As of July 1, 2019, Minnesota State faculty, staff, and students can access Zoom by... Continue Reading →
The 2019 Pay It Forward Funding round, sponsored by Minnesota State Educational Innovations, featured a selection of proposals that aimed to replicate a previously funded innovation project. Applicants discovered innovations... Continue Reading →
Faculty from across the Minnesota State system have been participating in ten-week Open Educational Resources (OER) Learning Circle cohorts in an effort to reduce textbook and classroom material costs for... Continue Reading →
Minnesota State College Southeast presented and received funding for their innovative idea Student Learner Hub at the 2018 Shark Tank Open, sponsored by Minnesota State Educational Innovations. Under current Minnesota... Continue Reading →
The 2019 Shark Tank Open, sponsored by Minnesota State Educational Innovations, featured 12 innovative pitches that aimed to address obstacles to student success by using existing technologies, resources, or practices... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/je9gMZy7SgI Apple of My Eye: Clinical Instruction Enhanced by “Bug-in-the-Eye” Technology was funded after their pitch at the 2016 Shark Tank Open hosted by Minnesota State Educational Innovations. The Minnesota State University,... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/hGTBrazp0wY The Fire Technology Program at Lake Superior College Emergency Response Training Campus was awarded an innovation grant at the 2016 Shark Tank Open for their Burn Box project. Traditionally, students in... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/2dBEbBka018 Southwest Minnesota State University’s OER textbook project that provides open, affordable, and accessible classroom materials was funded through an open textbook grant from Minnesota State Educational Innovations. By creating their own OER... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/1S9lOlpBVSY Keepin’ It Cool, a project to bring cutting-edge technology to the Commercial Refrigeration program at Minnesota State Community and Technical College, was a project funded after their pitch at... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/XndEXS-y7mI Winona State University’s Mobile Computing Laboratory (McLAB) was a project funded after their pitch at the 2016 Shark Tank Open hosted by Minnesota State Educational Innovations. The goal of McLAB is to create a... Continue Reading →
This year’s Shark Tank Open, sponsored by Minnesota State Educational Innovations, will feature an expo with 22 exhibitors from past Shark Tank Open funded projects. Here's a quick peek of... Continue Reading →
Educational Innovations at the Minnesota State system office is pleased to announce the FY20 innovation funding recipients for small seed and sustaining campus projects. Recipients were chosen based on the... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/U7gfYpUIZ0A Out of the Shadows of Minneapolis: The Underrepresented at a Northern Community College, an anthology of brief memoirs, was a project funded through an open textbook grant from Minnesota State Educational... Continue Reading →
Dreaming by Degrees features a team of diverse college students trained in the art of audio storytelling. The students co-produce podcast episodes designed to make visible the hidden dimensions and... Continue Reading →
This year’s Shark Tank Open, sponsored by Minnesota State Educational Innovations, will feature 12 innovative project proposals in three categories. One category at the 2019 Shark Tank Open is College... Continue Reading →
Have you heard of Pay It Forward funding and wondered – what is it good for anyway? If so, then this is a preview just for you! Pay It Forward... Continue Reading →
Author: J.C. Turner, Ph.D., Director of Instructional Technology and Intellectual Property and Deb McManimon, Ph.D., Business Faculty, Riverland Community College As the saying goes, “The only constant is change,” and... Continue Reading →
This year’s Shark Tank Open, sponsored by Minnesota State Educational Innovations, will feature 12 innovative project proposals in three categories. One category at the 2019 Shark Tank Open is Novel... Continue Reading →
This year’s Shark Tank Open, sponsored by Minnesota State Educational Innovations, will feature 12 innovative project proposals in three categories. One category at the 2019 Shark Tank Open is Virtual... Continue Reading →
2019 Shark Tank Open Presenters Announced Virtual Reality Room Presenters: Virtual Reality Laboratory in the Century College Library – Century College Expanding Access through Virtual Reality – Lake Superior College... Continue Reading →
