The NED was established to provide 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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Webinars
Working in Pressbooks: Adding OER Materials
OnlineDescription Pressbooks is a software made available for free to residents of Minnesota by the Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project. We will take some time to look through a couple of... Continue Reading →
New Discussion Date Settings in D2L Brightspace: November 2021
OnlineDescription The date settings in Discussions will soon be changing significantly. This webinar will provide an overview of what’s changing and how the changes correlate to the current settings, with... Continue Reading →
Open Education Network Webinar
OnlineOpen Education Network (OEN) Webinars introduce Minnesota State faculty and staff to open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of... Continue Reading →
What’s New in D2L Brightspace: November 2021
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the November 2021 release (version 20.21.11) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, November 18. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
Conversations with Colleagues: November 2021
OnlineThe November 2021 Conversations with Colleagues has been cancelled. Description When colleagues readied themselves for emergency remote teaching in 2020, we all received a powerful reminder in the value of... Continue Reading →
OER FAQ: November 2021
OnlineDescription In this webinar, host Karen Pikula and a panel from the system office will answer questions about open educational resources, intellectual property, Creative Commons licenses, Z-degrees, and more! Time... Continue Reading →
Culturally-Based Learning Preferences and Your Teaching
OnlineDescription In Patrick Parrish and Jennifer A. Linder-VanBerschot’s article “Cultural Dimensions of Learning: Addressing the Challenges of Multicultural Instruction” from the journal International Review of Research in Open and Distance... Continue Reading →
Minnesota State Equity Scorecard: Overview and Future Directions
OnlineIn partnership with the Office of Equity and Inclusion Description The Minnesota State Equity Scorecard serves a resource and tool to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) across our the... Continue Reading →
New Discussion Date Settings in D2L Brightspace: December 2021
OnlineDescription The date settings in Discussions will soon be changing significantly. This webinar will provide an overview of what’s changing and how the changes correlate to the current settings, with... Continue Reading →
OER Community Conversations: December 2021
OnlineTopic: Introduction to Open Pedagogy Open pedagogy allows students to assist with the creation and delivery of course content. Lori-Beth Larsen and Karen Pikula will share their open pedagogy-related knowledge and experiences. Karen will define and cover some of the history of open pedagogy and touch on its benefits and challenges for faculty and students. Lori-Beth... Continue Reading →
No Dumb Questions: The Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Edition
OnlineDescription At Lake Superior College, Kelli Hallsten Erickson and Amy Jo Swing, faculty members and coordinators in the Center for Faculty Innovation, take anonymous questions from faculty about instruction and... Continue Reading →
What’s New in D2L Brightspace: December 2021
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the December 2021 release (version 20.21.12) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, December 16. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →