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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Events
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Virtual Reality Workshop @ St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud State University - ISELF 118 720 4th Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN, United StatesDon't miss out on this free opportunity for Minnesota State faculty, staff, and administrators to learn more about virtual reality and how you can use it in the classroom. Get... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace 20.19.10?
OnlineDescription We host a monthly webinar to showcase the new features or improvements to D2L Brightspace. This webinar will focus on version 20.19.10, the October release that you'll see in... Continue Reading →
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Koffee with Karen: Z-Degree
OnlineKoffee with Karen: Community Conversations are open forum conversations for all to share, discuss, and learn from colleagues in the Minnesota State OER community. Hosted by Karen Pikula, the OER... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Webinar – DIY Digital Accessibility
OnlineTopic: DIY Digital Accessibility: Building the Foundation for Accessible Course Content at the University of Maryland Recorded Presenter: Sue Johnson, Instructional Designer UMD’s commitment to creating and maintaining a welcoming... Continue Reading →
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Best of the Minnesota Summit Webinars
OnlineThink Your Way Out of the Problem Thursday, October 17, 2019, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. CDT Presented by: Pamela McGee, Denise Gorsline, Joshua Behl, Minnesota State University, Moorhead To successfully... Continue Reading →
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Copy Course Materials to a New Course with Ease
OnlineDescription Copy Course Components is a tool in D2L Brightspace that enables you to copy materials from your existing courses into another course. When copying components, you can choose all or select individual items to copy into your course. Learn how you can save... Continue Reading →
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Manage Course Dates on a Single Screen
OnlineDescription The Start, End, and Due dates from most tools can be managed on a single screen in the Manage Dates tool. Instead of going to each individual tool and opening each individual item to change dates, you can use Manage Dates to view all dates at once, with filtering, sorting and searching options. Discover... Continue Reading →
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Virtual Reality Workshop @ Rochester Community and Technical College
RCTC - Coffman Hall 206/208 851 30th Ave SE, Rochester, MN, United StatesDon't miss out on this free opportunity for Minnesota State faculty, staff, and administrators to learn more about virtual reality and how you can use it in the classroom. Get an introduction to VR Learn about how VR is used in education Gain awareness of VR opportunities in Minnesota State Discover how to incorporate VR... Continue Reading →
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Skills to Facilitate Your Course Efficiently using D2L Brightspace Tools (3 week start date)
OnlineDescription The Quality Improvement Process site provides examples of ways to to support student-to-content interaction in courses. Fixing courseware glitches, such as broken links, typos, and mistakes, as needed. Monitoring... Continue Reading →
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Video Based Assessments for Personalized Feedback
OnlineDescription Want students to give a presentation or demonstrate a skill through video? Video Assignment could be a great fit. Learners record or upload a video presenting on a topic or demonstrating a specific skill. You can grade video assessments and add time-stamped feedback, showing learners exactly where they need to improve. Attend this webinar... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Webinar – We Don’t Have Enough Staff Assigned to Making IT Accessible!
OnlineTopic: We Don’t Have Enough Staff Assigned to Making IT (Digital/Web Information) Accessible! Recorded Presenter: Sheryl Burgstahler, Director, Accessible Technology Services, University of Washington In this session the speaker will engage with attendees on promising practices for making the most of limited resources toward a more accessible campus environment. Topics will include such things as... Continue Reading →
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Quiz Creation Strategies and Timesaving Tips
OnlineDescription Interested in exploring how to save time when creating quizzes? You can learn how to shuffle questions, randomize them, draw from a set of questions, and more! The formerly cumbersome nature of creating quiz questions. Participants will walk away with skills they can use to save time when creating questions. Attend this webinar to... Continue Reading →
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