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.
Events
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Gradebook in Brightspace
Minneapolis College - room T.3800 1501 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesDescription Have you always wanted to find the most efficient way to set up your gradebook in Brightspace? Have specific questions you’d like answered? Join us for the Gradebook workshop where we will spend one hour reviewing the features and functions of the tool, and then an hour working on your own gradebook in one... Continue Reading →
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Engaging use of the Discussion tool in Brightspace
Minneapolis College - room T.3800 1501 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesDescription Looking for strategies to get students engaged with one another? Want to use the Discussion tool, but not sure how to get started? Join us for a workshop that introduces the features of online discussions and includes tips on how to get the most out of this venue. The first half of the workshop... Continue Reading →
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Improving the Student-to-Content Interaction 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 learning outcomes based on student interaction with content. Improving content as needed to facilitate learner outcomes. By the end of this three week course you... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace 20.19.11?
OnlineDescription We host a monthly webinar to showcase the new features or improvements to D2L Brightspace. This webinar will focus on version 20.19.11, the November release that you'll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, November 21. RSVP Requested Using the RSVP below allows us to send you reminders about this event and share important information... Continue Reading →
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Classroom Assessment Techniques
OnlineDescription Classroom Assessment Techniques are quick and useful formative assessments that give an instructor information about where their students are in their learning journey. They can be used to provide remediation or encouragement and praise in a timely manner. They also help break up the monotony of group discussions, papers, and presentations. During this session... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Your Course Design
OnlineHumanizing your Course Design November 19, 2019 | 1:00-1:50pm Get a taste of the 3-week short course Humanizing Your Course coming in December 2019. Instructor Amy Jo Swing and Coach Consultant Ken Graetz will preview some strategies to make the design of your online course more human and more equitable. Based on Michelle Pacansky-Brock’s work... Continue Reading →
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Accessing Higher Ground Virtual Conference
Accessing Higher Ground (AHG) is a nationally recognized premiere conference on accessibility in higher education. November 20 - 22, 2019 Institutions around Minnesota State will be virtual host sites for faculty and staff to attend in-person at no cost. You are welcome to attend one, many, or all of the offered sessions. Select which days... Continue Reading →
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Open Textbook Network Webinar
OnlineWebinars introducing open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota. Faculty participating in this webinar may review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library (open.umn.edu) and receive a $200.00 honorarium once the review is completed. Register here: https://open.umn.edu/otn/workshops/11-20-2019 Questions? Contact Karen Pikula,... Continue Reading →
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Out from the Shadows Series: Trauma
OnlineBackground Minnesota State Office of Equity and Inclusion, Minnesota State Educational Innovations, and Minneapolis College present the Out from the Shadows Series. Out from the Shadows of Minneapolis: Power, Pride, and Perseverance at a Northern Community College is an open anthology of stories and memoirs written by students, staff, and faculty from Minneapolis College. They... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Your Course (Start 3 Weeks)
OnlineDescription This course is intended for Minnesota State faculty who are either teaching or planning to teach an online or hybrid course and are interested applying evidence-based strategies for humanizing the learning experience through effective facilitation and course design. The course is online and asynchronous. Although there are no scheduled class meetings, participants may engage... Continue Reading →
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Improving Your Online Course (IYOC) – Start 2 Weeks
OnlineDescription The “Improving Your Online Course” workshop explores the QM Rubric and provides a framework to improve the quality of online courses. Participants use the QM Rubric to review their own online courses and develop a course improvement plan. The content is based on the essential Specific Review Standards of the Quality Matters Rubric. Participants... Continue Reading →
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Koffee with Karen: OER Community Site & Quickstart Guides
OnlineTopic Join the conversation to learn about the new OER Community Site and the OER Quickstart Guides that can be found there. The Quickstart guides are intended to help faculty and staff identify and review OER options within different disciplines. Koffee with Karen: OER Community Conversations are open forum conversations for all to share, discuss, and... Continue Reading →
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