Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State
This month's Educational Development Digest is now available! Learn more about the importance of building community in your first year of teaching and a way to earn free NED Conference registration in 2026!
This month's Educational Development Digest is now available! Learn more about the importance of names in teaching and learning.
This month's Educational Development Digest is now available! Learn more about using artificial intelligence in teaching and learning.
This month's Educational Development Digest is now available! This issue is all about digital accessibility. Learn more about the recent federal guidelines that require all digital materials to be accessible and find tips, resources, and upcoming webinars and learning communities.
This month's Educational Development Digest is now available. Find tips on reflecting on your pedagogy in practice and a tool to help organize your reflections and notes. Plus, the annual "NED Year in Review" statistics are in! Digital Accessibility Tip: Use bookmarks or a table of contents on lengthy documents.
This month's Educational Development Digest is now available. Stories include using exam/cognitive wrappers as a study tool, how the H5P Documentation Tool can be used as an exam/cognitive wrapper, and resources to support basic needs, mental health, and wellness. Digital Accessibility Tip: Share resources in advance.
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.
This month's Educational Development Digest is now available. Stories include actionable strategies on integrating retrieval practice in your class and information about the NED Conference call for proposals.
This month's Educational Development Digest is now available. Stories include "Using the TILT Method to Enhance Student Equity and Performance," information about the refreshed D2L Brightspace Course Design template, and an overview of the ASA Newsletter and ASA Connect.
This month's Educational Development Digest is now available. Stories include "Do the points even matter?" and information about ungrading, answers to the question "Why doesn't my student see their grade?" and webinar recordings from the Educational Developers Connect Series.
This month's Educational Development Digest is focused on artificial intelligence. Learn about the importance of inclusive data and diverse perspectives, how Copilot can help write plain language to comply with the RISE Act (effective in January), and about upcoming Teaching with AI Workshops.
This month's Educational Development Digest is focused on digital accessibility. Learn about new UDL Guidelines 3.0, the new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations that will require digital content to comply with 12 additional success criteria (starting in 2026), and register for a digital accessibility webinar series available to Minnesota State educators and staff at no cost. Additional tips are shared about how to use automatic and manual accessibility checkers.
Jump to: Pedagogy in Practice Academic Technology Tips Did You Know? A historical look at how the NED Teaching and Learning Conference began By Catherine Ford, Program Director for Educational... Continue Reading →
End of Year Reflection Pedagogy in Practice | By Catherine Ford, Program Director for Educational Development The semester is just about wrapped up – for most of you, finals are... Continue Reading →
Learn how faculty are helping students save money Pedagogy in Practice | By Megan Babel, ASA Communications Coordinator Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the Open Educational... Continue Reading →
Equivalency and Learning in Flexible Courses Pedagogy in Practice | By Elizabeth Harsma, Program Director for Technology Integrated Learning In anticipation of the Multi-Modal Training Opportunity taking place in May,... Continue Reading →
Evaluating Your Pedagogical Practices Pedagogy in Practice | By Catherine Ford, Minnesota State Program Director for Educational Development Jessamyn Neuhaus (2019), author of Geeky Pedagogy writes, “We know how to... Continue Reading →
Addressing AI in Syllabi Pedagogy in Practice | By Scott Wojtanowski, Minnesota State System Director for Educational Technology and Development The perils and promises of artificial intelligence (AI) are being... Continue Reading →
Bloom and Fink’s Taxonomy Pedagogy in Practice | By Catherine Ford, Minnesota State Program Director for Educational Development Bloom's Taxonomy When creating course learning objectives, you may have sought out... Continue Reading →
Spark Motivation with Interleaving and Retrieval Practice Pedagogy in Practice | By Catherine Ford, Minnesota State Program Director for Educational Development Early November can bring with it a lull for... Continue Reading →
GLP: Course content and career applications Pedagogy in Practice | By Catherine Ford, Minnesota State Program Director for Educational Development As experts in our respective disciplines, it is easy to... Continue Reading →
Learning Objectives - It's never too late! Strategies to increase transparency Pedagogy in Practice | By Catherine Ford, Minnesota State Program Director for Educational Development Welcome to Fall Term 2023!... Continue Reading →
Addressing Student ChatGPT Use Pedagogy in Practice | By Ken Graetz, Winona State University While there is a version of ChatGPT that is accessible only through a monthly subscription (ChatGPT... Continue Reading →
Cafeteria-Style Grading and Universal Design Pedagogy in Practice | By Deanna Forsman, North Hennepin Community College As the webmistress for an academic journal, I’ve been interested in accessibility issues for... Continue Reading →
Being a Teacher: Becoming a Scholar Pedagogy in Practice | By Amy Jo Swing, Lake Superior College English Department and Center for Faculty Innovation My path to teaching was more... Continue Reading →
What is Universal Design for Learning? Pedagogy in Practice | By Elizabeth Harsma, Ph.D. Instructional Designer/Technologist, Minnesota State University, Mankato If you enrolled in the short course Equity and Technology this past... Continue Reading →
End of Term Grading Reflections for Students and Instructors Pedagogy in Practice | By Catherine Ford, Program Director for Educational Development The end of the semester is here, and grades... Continue Reading →
Strategies to effectively address student needs Pedagogy in Practice | By Brooke Burk, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Director at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and Educational Development Committee... Continue Reading →
Assessments: You have to have the right tool for the right job Pedagogy in Practice | By Scott Wojtanowski, System Director for Educational Technology and Development Last month, as many... Continue Reading →
Creating Equity through Connection Pedagogy in Practice | By Catherine Ford, Program Director for Educational Development Greetings! It is wonderful to see you again. The Network for Educational Development theme... Continue Reading →
