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.
Spring 2026 | Summer 2026 | NED Course Catalog | NED Resource Site
Webinars
Events
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SoTL Toolkit: Collecting and Analyzing Classroom Data – Part 2 (Summer 2024)
OnlineInformation in these webinars will be useful for participants who have generated an initial Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) question and are working out a specific plan conducting research... Continue Reading →
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OEN Webinar
Open 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 Minnesota. Attendees will receive a link to review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library (open.umn.edu) and receive a $200 stipend once the review... Continue Reading →
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Mid-Career Magic: How Culturally Responsive Teaching Can Keep Us Afloat (Summer 2024)
If you’ve spent a decade or two in the classroom, you’ve likely settled into a good groove. You know what you’re doing. You’ve seen a lot of stuff. You’ve made... Continue Reading →
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OER FAQ: May
Description 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! Submit a question here beforehand. Time will be allotted toward the end to answer any participant questions that were not answered. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below... Continue Reading →
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Qualitative and Quantitative Data Webinar (Summer 2024)
This webinar will present an overview qualitative and quantitative data and how to use data to answer Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) questions. This is the webinar associated with... Continue Reading →
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Replay of Part 1 – Disability Justice: Why It’s Everybody’s Business (Summer 2024)
OnlineDescription To better grasp what disability justice is, we’ll cover critical moments in disability history that everyone should know. We’ll examine how the past persists in current policies and attitudes... Continue Reading →
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Precision in Practice: Aligning Learning Outcomes with Assessments (Summer 2024)
This webinar explores the critical relationship between learning outcomes and assessments. Participants will learn to design assessment tools that accurately reflect and measure the educational objectives, ensuring that what is taught aligns with what is assessed. Learning Outcomes: Understand the principles and importance of aligning assessments with learning outcomes. Apply techniques to develop assessments that... Continue Reading →
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Practical uses for the D2L Media Library (Summer 2024)
The Media Library tool offers a simplified method for creating and storing video and audio recordings directly in your D2L course. Media Library includes a Record Video feature, and an Add Video Note feature, all of which can be used by both students and instructors. This webinar will present some practical uses of these tools,... Continue Reading →
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The Professionalism Pact (Summer 2024)
Professional fluency is a concept we’ve been consciously working on at Lake Superior College in one form or another since 2014. As we have emerged from the pandemic, we are... Continue Reading →
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Replay of Part 2 – Racial Justice and Disability Justice: Working Together to Free Our Minds and Bodies (Summer 2024)
OnlineDescription We will discuss the compound impact of intersections between racism and ableism within US society and why this intersect is so rarely discussed in social justice. We’ll hear from... Continue Reading →
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Design with the End in Mind: Mastering Backward Design for Effective Learning (Summer 2024)
Dive into the backward design framework to strategically plan curriculum that starts with the end goals in sight. This webinar guides educators through the process of defining clear objectives, determining... Continue Reading →
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Replay of Part 3 – New Ways to Talk about Disability (Summer 2024)
OnlineDescription People often talk about disability in outdated ways because they have never had to question it. Such ableist language, however, is rooted in the ongoing trauma experienced by many... Continue Reading →
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