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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OE Week: 5 Z-Degree Campuses in 50 minutes
Open Education Week 5 Z-Degree Campuses in 50 minutes Ten Minnesota State colleges currently offer Z-degrees, with 15 more colleges and universities on the way. Hear stories from five Z-degree... Continue Reading →
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OE Week: Beyond the PDF: 5 Tools for Contemporary OER
Open Education Week Beyond the PDF: 5 Tools for Contemporary OER Are you overwhelmed by number of technologies and tools available for creating and enhancing OER? This session introduces several... Continue Reading →
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OE Week: 5 Disciplines in 50 Minutes
Open Education Week 5 Disciplines in 50 Minutes Learn about how five faculty are using OER within their discipline. Hosts Anthony Collins - English, Inver Hills Community College Nancyruth Leibold... Continue Reading →
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Co-Curricular Learning Outcome Taxonomies – Exploring Bloom’s and Fink’s (Spring 2025)
Many of us in the field of assessment are familiar with using Bloom's Taxonomy that focuses on cognitive and intellectual learning. Fink's Taxonomy, which focuses on how learning can inspire... Continue Reading →
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Navigating the IRB Application and Informed Consent Forms: Insights and Tips from an IRB Chair
Focused on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research, this webinar offers practical, insider guidance from a current IRB chair. We’ll break down the IRB application step by step, providing... Continue Reading →
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Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy (Spring 2025)
OnlineMarch 17 - April 6, 2025 Short Course Course Learning Objectives Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to: Define antiracist pedagogy as an individual and community process, and why it is important Learn strategies for sustained critical self-reflection as a foundation for antiracism work Begin applying antiracist pedagogy to... 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... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: March 2025
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the March 2025 release (version 20.25.03) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, March 20. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with H5P Series (March 2025)
Teaching with H5P Series What is H5P? H5P is a tool for creating interactive online learning content and activities. There are many interactive types: practice questions, drag and drop, image hotspot,... Continue Reading →
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PressbookEDU Office Hour
Pressbooks is an open-source book publishing tool that allows you to publish content to the web and in a variety of export formats from a single source. Pressbooks is used... Continue Reading →
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Spring 2025: Teaching with the Brain in Mind
We know many of our students come to us stressed and often struggle to focus and retain information. By using some proven strategies based on brain science, we can implement... Continue Reading →
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Exploration and Development of Non-Traditional Grading Methods: Session One
Minnesota State is filled with incredible faculty who are doing amazing work focused on their teaching craft. The purpose of the Network for Educational Development (NED) Excellence in Teaching Series... Continue Reading →
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