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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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  • NED: Foundations

    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 key strategy of alignment. Alignment ensures that course content, activities, and assessments are directly connected to the learning objectives. This approach assures that students have... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED: Academic Equity

    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 necessary to increase equity and inclusion in their work. Participants will engage in a series of activities including, but not limited to discussion, case study... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED: OER

    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 a variety of options for including media such as images and videos.  This short course will introduce you to the platform, walk you through creating... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED: Accessibility

    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 →

    Free

  • NED: Accessibility

    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 to interrupt ableism. You can expect to create documents and/or find ways to apply your learning right away, including options like: Write/revise inclusive accessibility statements,... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED: OER

    OER Basics and Beyond (Fall 2026)

    October 26 - November 15, 2026 Short Course Description This short course is sequentially designed to help faculty understand, evaluate, and effectively integrate Open Educational Resources (OER) into their teaching practice. Module 1 introduces foundational concepts by helping participants distinguish between OER, free or low-cost materials, and Z‑Degrees while considering the benefits and challenges of using... Continue Reading →

    Free

  • NED: Foundations

    Hacking Your Course Assessments (Fall 2026)

    November 2  - 22, 2026 Short Course Description How do you really know that your students are learning what you had intended? In this course, you will examine the assessments in your course and assure they effectively and equitably measure student achievement. Key topics include: Selecting assessments that align with learning objectives Applying equitable practices to... Continue Reading →

    Free

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