NED Events Calendar

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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  • Using Pressbooks to Enhance OER Delivery (Summer 2025)

    May 27 - June 15, 2025 Short Course Description Pressbooks is an online platform designed to encourage self-publication under a Creative Commons license.  It is easy to use and provides a variety of options for including media such as images and videos.  This short course will introduce you to the platform, walk you through creating... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • OER Unconference

    Online

    OER Unconference Date: September 25, 2025 Time: 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Location: Zoom This informal, collaborative event is open to anyone working with Affordable Course Resources, Open Educational Resources (OER),... Continue Reading →

  • OER Community Conversations: October 2025

    "Bring Ideas to Life: Create, Animate, Express!" Stacey Van Gelderen DNP, MS, RNC-MNN, PHN Minnesota State University, Mankato School of Nursing Unleash your creativity in this hands-on workshop that introduces you to two powerful tools from Adobe: Adobe Express and Adobe Character Animator. Whether you're an educator, content creator, marketer, or digital storytelling enthusiast, this session... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Working with Pressbooks: Discovery, Imagining, Refining (Summer 2025)

    This webinar will introduce you to Pressbooks, a publishing software available in both a free and professional form to residents of Minnesota. Whether you are looking for a place to create a simple module or an entire textbook, this is a user-friendly software for you. We will introduce the basic tools of Pressbooks, but in... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Using Pressbooks to Enhance OER Delivery (Fall 2025)

    October 27 - November 16, 2025 Short Course Description Pressbooks is an online platform designed to encourage self-publication under a Creative Commons license.  It is easy to use and provides a variety of options for including media such as images and videos.  This short course will introduce you to the platform, walk you through creating... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • OER Librarian Community of Practice (January 2026)

    Discuss and share UDL and pedagogy in OER with librarian colleagues. Registration Required Register for the January OER Librarian COP to receive the Zoom information. Contact Contact facilitator Etta Thornburg with questions.

  • 2026 Open Education Conference

    March 25-26, 2026  |  Virtual Open Innovation, Collaboration, and Transformation Join colleagues from across Minnesota State for a two-day virtual conference focused on OER and innovative practices in open education... Continue Reading →

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