The Network for Educational Development (NED) provides educational development opportunities that are designed by Minnesota State faculty and staff for Minnesota State faculty and staff. These opportunities help build awareness, develop knowledge, skills, and abilities, and provide space for reflecting and revising.
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Summer 2026: Philosophy of Community and Technical College Education
Registration Mar. 15 - July 30 Course opens May 15 Course Terms The following table illustrates course term and registration dates. They will occur the same dates each year. You... Continue Reading →
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Grade Smarter Not Harder (Summer 2026)
August 3 - 23, 2026 Short Course Description Improving your assessments can do more than just measure what students know. It can also boost learning and save you time in... Continue Reading →
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Regular and Substantive Interaction (Fall 2026)
August 31 - September 20, 2026 Short Course Description Enhance your teaching toolkit with this 3-week course focused on regular and substantive interaction (What is regular and substantive interaction?). You'll... Continue Reading →
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NED Partnership Workshop: QM – Connecting Learning Theories to Your Teaching Strategies (Fall 2026)
September 11 - October 9, 2026 Short Course Join a 4-week NED partnership workshop offered through Quality Matters (QM). QM: Connecting Learning Theories to Your Teaching Strategies– Participants in this... Continue Reading →
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NED Partnership Workshop: OLC – Applying the Neuro, Cognitive, and Learning Sciences to Instructional Design (Fall 2026)
September 11 - October 9, 2026 Short Course Join a 4-week NED partnership workshop offered by the Online Learning Consortium (OLC). OLC: Applying the Neuro, Cognitive, and Learning Sciences to... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning (Fall 2026)
September 8 - 27, 2026 Short Course Description In this course, we will review and enhance the design of your course to support student learning. We will focus on the... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Advising (Fall 2026)
September 21 - October 11, 2026 Short Course Description This asynchronous 3-week course is offered for the purpose of providing both academic and faculty advisors with the information and resources... Continue Reading →
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Using Pressbooks to Enhance OER Delivery (Fall 2026)
September 21 - October 11, 2026 Short Course Description Pressbooks is an online platform designed to encourage self-publication under a Creative Commons license. It is easy to use and provides... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Course Documents (Fall 2026)
September 28 - October 18, 2026 Short Course Description Captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions make multimedia more accessible. They help provide additional access for vision or hearing impairments, learning disabilities,... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (Fall 2026)
October 5 - 25, 2026 Short Course Description Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to meet this goal? One promising path is to ground those practices in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP). In this introductory course, we’ll have the... Continue Reading →
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Co-curricular Assessment (Fall 2026)
October 12 - November 1, 2026 Short Course Description Co-curricular assessment of student learning continues to be a hot topic in the higher education assessment and accreditation landscape. This 3-week course will provide participants with strategies and resources for implementing and strengthening co-curricular assessment in departments and functional areas with a unit-level focus. The course... Continue Reading →
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Disability Justice I (Fall 2026)
October 19 - November 8, 2026 Short Course Description In this 3-week introduction to disability justice course, you will learn about disability justice, practice using inclusive language, and apply strategies... Continue Reading →
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