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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Reframing Scholarship in the Classroom (Fall 2025)
This webinar is designed for instructors who are curious about SoTL but may be skeptical of its legitimacy, relevance, or practicality. We will unpack common myths about SoTL—from the belief... Continue Reading →
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Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry (Fall 2025)
November 10 - 30, 2025 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) that will help participants establish a basis for turning... Continue Reading →
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Capturing Your Equity Work (Fall 2025)
In this session, we will discuss the different ways we strive to create equitable learning experiences for all our students. Generational differences, how different policies impact certain populations more than... Continue Reading →
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Say Hi to AI: Getting Started with Copilot (November 2025)
Say Hi to AI: Getting Started with Copilot Join us for a short, 30-minute session to learn about Microsoft Copilot—an AI tool available to everyone at Minnesota State. You’ll get... Continue Reading →
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I can’t teach with the arts, and other academic lies we tell ourselves: Breaking the Myth
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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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: November 2025
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the November 2025 release (version 20.25.11) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, November 20. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with H5P Series (November 2025)
Teaching with H5P Series Featuring: Ayesha Shariff (History, Saint Paul College) What is H5P? H5P is a tool for creating interactive online learning content and activities. There are many interactive types:... Continue Reading →
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I can’t teach with the arts, and other academic lies we tell ourselves: Going Deeper
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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Getting Started with a SoTL Study: Finding the Questions (Fall 2025)
Discover how to transform classroom curiosities into strong, researchable SoTL questions. This interactive 45-minute session introduces the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, explores frameworks for effective question design, and provides... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series (November 2025)
Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series Featuring: Rosy Hjerstad (Admissions Counselor and Community Outreach, Metro State University) The Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series explores AI and equitable teaching. In each 30-minute session a featured colleague shares how they’re using AI in their teaching. You’ll see a real example in action and hear how... Continue Reading →
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OER Community Conversations: December 2025
What We Can Learn from Generation Z Kelli Hallsten Erickson Lake Superior College Join Kelli Hallsten Erickson to learn more about Generation Z. Born between 1995 and 2012, this generation has a radically different mindset from previous generations, and we must take opportunities to learn more about them. In this session, participants will explore how... Continue Reading →
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Let’s Create (or edit) an Image using AI! (Fall 2025)
This session will help you experiment with Microsoft Copilot to create or edit fun & helpful images for your course, or for your general work. We will cover how to log in to Copilot using your Minnesota State credentials, how to work with the tool for creating new or editing existing images, and how to... Continue Reading →
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