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.
Webinars
Events
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Simplify Office Hours with Microsoft Booking (Summer 2026)
Learn how to use Microsoft Bookings to simplify how students can schedule time for your office hours. Through a guided, step-by-step demonstration, you’ll discover how to create a personal scheduling... Continue Reading →
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UDL and Continuous Improvement (Summer 2026)
This webinar will introduce Universal Design for Learning as a foundation for making simple changes to your course design. The emphasis will be on brainstorming and working through some ideas... Continue Reading →
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Designing Courses for Sustainability and Accessibility (Summer 2026)
This is the third webinar in a three-part series on course design using the New Content Experience (NCE) in D2L Brightspace. The session focuses on how to design effective, future-ready... Continue Reading →
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Accessible PDFs: When to Fix, Replace, or Rethink (Summer 2026)
PDFs are common in online courses, but they can also create significant accessibility barriers. This session will focus on practical decision-making: when to remediate a PDF, when to return to... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with AI Course (Summer 2026)
July 13 - August 2, 2026 Short Course This hands-on introductory workshop provides time and space for applying AI in your teaching context. Participants will collectively explore generative AI tools and (re-)design a learning activity or assessment that supports AI literacy, incorporates or resists generative AI tools, and applies equitable teaching practices. At the end... Continue Reading →
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Teaching and Learning Competency and the NED - Deans, HR, and Administrators (Summer 2026, Option 2)
In this webinar, we will introduce the new course provider for the MSCF Teaching & Learning Competency, the Network for Educational Development (NED). This session is designed for Deans, Human... Continue Reading →
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Creating Instructional Materials with AI: From Static Artifacts to Interactive Agents (Summer 2026)
This is part of a 2026 webinar series on Teaching with AI. Register for the full series. This 75 minute workshop is divided into two halves. In the first half, participants learn to prompt for the creation of traditional materials (e.g., study guides, case studies, or rubrics). In the second half, these materials are transformed... Continue Reading →
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UDL Starts with the Syllabus (Summer 2026)
Our syllabus is our introduction to our students. Making adjustments to the tone and presentation of our syllabus can be a very good way of engaging with our students immediately, and this sets a good foundation for their future learning. After a short introduction to UDL and the Accessible Syllabus, we’ll spend our time reviewing... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Made Manageable: Tools and Templates for Reviewing Digital Course Content
Keeping digital course materials accessible can feel overwhelming—especially when content changes from term to term. In this webinar, faculty will learn a simple, sustainable approach to planning, tracking, and documenting accessibility reviews using customizable Microsoft Word templates. Participants will leave with practical tools they can immediately adapt for their own courses. Outcomes By the end... Continue Reading →
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Small Steps toward Equity through Pedagogical Shifts
This 30‑minute session explores how small, intentional pedagogical shifts can advance equity in everyday teaching practice. Using the lens of Critical Open Educational Practices with examples, faculty will examine how course materials ,instructional choices, and assessment practices can either reduce or reinforce barriers for students. Rather than focusing on large‑scale redesigns, this session highlights incremental,... Continue Reading →
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Introduction to Regular and Substantive Interaction
This session breaks down Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI): what it means, why it's required in distance learning, and how to build it into your course design. You will reflect on your existing practices and explore new strategies that go beyond compliance to create more engaging, equitable, and human online experiences. No prior knowledge of... Continue Reading →
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Alternative Formats: UDL, YuJa, and Yu
This session introduces Universal Design for Learning as a proactive approach to accessibility, emphasizing flexible design over retrofitted accommodations. Participants will explore the connection between UDL and accessibility through real-world learner profiles and examine YuJa Panorama Alternative Formats as a practical tool for expanding access and improving learning outcomes. Participants will then apply these concepts... Continue Reading →
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