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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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: July 2026
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the July 2026 release (version 20.26.07) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, July 16. Accommodations The NED is... 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,... Continue Reading →
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Beyond “Allowed or Not”: Building Practical AI Literacy in the Classroom (Summer 2026)
This interactive webinar invites faculty to move beyond simple “allowed or not allowed” conversations about generative AI and toward practical, learning-centered guidance for students. Participants will practice evaluating AI-generated outputs... Continue Reading →
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From Historical Exclusion to Present-Day Barriers: Disability Justice, Race, and Higher Education (Summer 2026)
This webinar will examine how our own historical beliefs, institutional practices, built environments, academic policies, and cultural assumptions continue to shape barriers for disabled Black, brown, Indigenous, and people of color... 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,... Continue Reading →
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Assessing Learning in the Age of AI (Summer 2026)
As AI becomes part of students’ learning workflows, traditional assessments may no longer provide sufficient evidence of what students know and can do. Come explore how AI is reshaping assessment... Continue Reading →
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From Awareness to Action: Building Disability Justice Advocacy Plans in Higher Education (Summer 2026)
This webinar will focus on how we are translating disability justice and antiracist commitments into practical advocacy, redesign, and collective action. It will emphasize personal examples of action planning that center disabled... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Course Prep Workshop (Fall 2026)
Get your courses ready for fall. Learn simple ways to make your materials more accessible. In this half-day workshop on Zoom, you will: Review your course materials for accessibility Find... Continue Reading →
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Strategies for teaching creative writing at the two-year college
Creative writing is a discipline that can help people tell their own stories, connect to others, and build community. But teaching these classes to new college students presents its own... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: August 2026
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the August 2026 release (version 20.26.08) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, August 20. Accommodations The NED is... Continue Reading →
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Navigating AI in the writing classroom webinar
We are going into the fourth year of LLMs being widely available and frequently used by students in writing classrooms across colleges and universities. The ubiquity of these new programs... Continue Reading →
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