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
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Caring in an Unjust World (Webinar)
OnlineDescription In this webinar, participants will discuss how caring for students of color and low-income students becomes a political act because it pushes back against the racialized disparities in academic outcomes that continue to affect our students. Participants will investigate how to construct caring teacher-student relationships that stem from their intentions to positively influence the... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning 2: Summer 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineJuly 5 - July 25, 2021 Description This 3 week short course provides participants an opportunity to review the design of their course so that the assignments they have planned in a course are aligned with the learning objectives students are supposed to master. Here is what participants will do in this course: Apply Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy to course... Continue Reading →
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Six Ways to Improve Learning with Retrieval Practice: Option 1 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Improve learning with retrieval practice teaching methods. Learn six practical strategies for your synchronous and asynchronous courses that use retrieval to enhance academic achievement and long-term learning. Outcomes: Define retrieval practice in your own words Articulate one benefit of retrieval for learning Share at least one applied teaching strategy for incorporating retrieval in synchronous... Continue Reading →
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Improving Online Assessments 2: Summer 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineJuly 12 - August 1, 2021 Description Not only can improving online assessments more accurately capture what students know, but it can also increase learning, deter student cheating, and save you time over the long term. In this short course, you'll examine and apply principles of validity & reliability and writing effective quiz and test... Continue Reading →
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Equity 101 2: Summer 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineJuly 12 - August 1, 2021 Course Learning Objectives After completing the course, participants will be able to: Define basic language surrounding equity and inclusion Critically examine ideas about people, perspectives, and experiences that are different from your own Explain the deficit vs. asset mindset and the importance of the asset mindset Reflect on your... Continue Reading →
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What’s new in D2L Brightspace: July 2021 (Webinar)
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the July 2021 release (version 20.21.07) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, July 15. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will be sent to you, please add this event to your calendar. ... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Plus: Principles to Enhance Online Teaching and Learning (Webinar)
OnlineParticipants will review the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework: social, cognitive, and teaching presence (Garrison, Anderson & Archer, 2000), and consider specific strategies to create a more inclusive and equitable online course by focusing on four interwoven principles: trust, presence, awareness, and empathy. Participants will also have an opportunity to assess their current courses and practices and identify... Continue Reading →
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Six Ways to Improve Learning with Retrieval Practice: Option 2 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Improve learning with retrieval practice teaching methods! Learn six practical strategies for your online courses that use retrieval to enhance academic achievement and long-term learning. Outcomes: Define retrieval practice in your own words. Articulate one benefit of retrieval for learning. Share at least one applied teaching strategy for incorporating retrieval in synchronous courses. Share... Continue Reading →
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Update on Guided Learning Pathways – Practice Alignment Assessment Results (Webinar)
OnlineApproved by the Minnesota State Board of Trustees in November 2020 after a three-year collaborative development process, the Minnesota State Guided Learning Pathways Framework (GLP Framework) is an enterprise-level student success strategy. Building on evidence from across the nation, the GLP Framework outlines characteristics of effective practices in supporting students throughout their educational journey with... Continue Reading →
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The Complicated History of Latinx/Latine Students and Schooling (Webinar)
OnlineDescription We will use empathy to understand the impact of the many conditions that have resulted in the miseducation of Latinx/Latine students. In addition, participants will learn about the multiple ways that the Latinx/Latine community has/continue to resist their unequal treatment and the resiliency that they have shown on the journey towards higher education. By... Continue Reading →
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Improving Your Online Course: Summer 2021 (2 week short course)
OnlineJuly 19 - August 1, 2021 Description The “Improving Your Online Course” workshop explores the Quality Matters 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... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Digital Media: Summer 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineJuly 19 - August 8, 2021 Description Captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions make multimedia more accessible. They help provide additional access for vision or hearing impairments, learning disabilities, noisy environments, non-fluent speakers, and others. This short course will help you understand the important definitions surrounding accessible media, the existing laws and policy standards that help... Continue Reading →
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