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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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Summer 2022
OnlineJuly 25 - August 14, 2022 Short Course Description Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our... Continue Reading →
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D2L: Improving Student to Content interaction: Summer 2022
OnlineAugust 1 - August 21, 2022 Short Course Description By the end of this three week short course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Content, HTML... Continue Reading →
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Grade Smarter Not Harder: Summer 2022
OnlineAugust 1 - August 21, 2022 Short Course (This course was previously titled Improving Online Assessments) Description Not only can improving online assessments more accurately capture what students know, but it... Continue Reading →
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OER Learning Circle Applications Due – Fall 2022
OnlineOER Learning Circles Fall 2022 September 26 - December 4 Open educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research resources that make use of appropriate tools, such as open licensing, to permit their free reuse, continuous improvement, and re-purposing by others for educational purposes (UNESCO). OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos,... Continue Reading →
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Creating Accessible Course Documents: Fall 2022
OnlineAugust 29 - September 18, 2022 Short Course Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice making digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course will introduce participants to basic techniques for using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint. Additionally,... Continue Reading →
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D2L: Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction: Fall 2022
OnlineSeptember 6 - September 25, 2022 Short Course Description By the end of this three week short course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Content, HTML Editor, and Release Conditions) to improve the student-to-content interaction. You will be provided with efficient ways to create and add existing content materials in the... Continue Reading →
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Equity 101: Fall 2022
OnlineSeptember 12 - October 23, 2022 Short Course Description This six week short course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we relate to others. Module 1 explores our individual position within the historical and systemic structures of privilege and oppression, and how those affect... Continue Reading →
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Integrating Retrieval Practice: Fall 2022
OnlineSeptember 19 - October 9, 2022 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to retrieval practice teaching methods. Retrieval practice focuses on improving long-term learning. We help students retrieve... Continue Reading →
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Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry: Fall 2022
OnlineSeptember 26 - October 16, 2022 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) that will help participants establish a basis for... Continue Reading →
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Hacking Your Course Assessments: Fall 2022
OnlineOctober 17 - November 6, 2022 Short Course (This course was previously titled Assessment of Student Learning) Description How do you really know that your students are learning what you had intended? In this course, you’ll get an opportunity examine the learning objectives in your course (something your students should know or be able to do)... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Fall 2022
OnlineOctober 24 - November 14, 2022 Short Course Description Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to meet this goal? One promising path is to ground those practices in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. In this introductory course, we’ll have the... Continue Reading →
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Manage Course Dates to Improve Student Engagement: Fall 2022
OnlineOctober 24 - November 13, 2022 Short Course Description By the end of this three-week course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including the Import/Export/Copy Components, Manage Dates, and Brightspace Pulse) to effectively course facilitation for student motivation. You will be provided with efficient ways to offset dates from previously offered courses,... Continue Reading →
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