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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Accessible Digital Media (Summer 2026)
May 26 - June 14, 2026 Short Course 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... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Teaching and Learning in an AI World (Summer 2026)
This is part of a 2026 webinar series on Teaching with AI. Register for the full series. As AI tools become more visible in higher education, faculty are grappling with how to integrate them without losing what matters most: human connection, trust, and meaningful learning. In this 75‑minute interactive webinar, participants will explore how humanizing... Continue Reading →
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Empathy by Design (Summer 2026)
June 1 - June 21, 2026 Short Course Description Course Overview This online, asynchronous course is for Minnesota State faculty who want to use evidence‑based strategies to make their courses more human-centered through thoughtful facilitation and design. Course Format The course has no scheduled class meetings. You will work on your own schedule to complete... Continue Reading →
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Foundations of Teaching Online (Summer 2026)
June 1 - August 2, 2026 (No class/Break: June 29 - July 5, 2026) Long Course The Foundations of Teaching Online long course will help faculty build well-designed online experiences for their students, and deans evaluate online experiences from a student perspective. Participants will learn about quality standards in online course design and the basic... Continue Reading →
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Foundations of Teaching Online for Deans (Summer 2026)
June 1 - August 2, 2026 (No class/Break: June 29 - July 5, 2026) Long Course The Foundations of Teaching Online long course will help faculty build well-designed online experiences for their students, and deans evaluate online experiences from a student perspective. Participants will learn about quality standards in online course design and the basic... Continue Reading →
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Collecting and Analyzing Classroom Data (Summer 2026)
June 1 - June 21, 2026 Short Course Description In this class, participants are expected to bring a specific Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Inquiry Question and preliminary literature review of the topic. From there, participants will explore evidence approaches (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods), select an appropriate tool from that evidence approach, determine... Continue Reading →
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Making Zoom Sessions More Accessible and Inclusive (Summer 2026)
We might be used to using Zoom in our work, but not all of us, especially our students, are. In this session, we’ll look at Zoom reactions, annotations, and the whiteboard along with the benefits and barriers of those tools when meeting in Zoom. We’ll also talk about community agreements and how to create norms... Continue Reading →
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Build Your Course Essentials (Summer 2026)
June 8 - 28, 2026 Short Course In this three-week short course you will learn essential strategies for building an effective course with technology (D2L Brightspace). Each module includes two key strategies for student success: Module 1: Planning to Build and Start Here Module Module 2: Welcoming Course Homepage and Grades and Feedback Module 3:... Continue Reading →
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No artificial ingredients! Keeping it real in the age of AI (Summer 2026)
This is part of a 2026 webinar series on Teaching with AI. Register for the full series. Empowering students to trust their own skills can help foster learning, agency, and authenticity in your course. This webinar will explore some tools you can use immediately, as well as build your confidence as an instructor for new... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Course Documents (Summer 2026)
June 15 - July 5, 2026 Short Course 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... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: June 2026
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the June 2026 release (version 20.26.06) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, June 18. Accommodations The NED is committed to providing universal access to all of our events, we'd like to discover how we can make the event more inclusive so you can fully... Continue Reading →
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Teaching and Learning Competency: Weeklong Intensive (Summer 2026)
Dates June 22 to June 26, 2026 In-Person: Note, you must attend the full week Location: Central Lakes College Brainerd, MN This weeklong intensive course fulfills, in part, the Teaching and Learning Competency requirements. The requirements apply to Minnesota State college faculty completing the System Procedure 3.32.1, Part 8. The weeklong intensive is Monday through... Continue Reading →
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