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  • NED: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

    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 reflection into SoTL inquiry. Module 1 provides an overview of SoTL, including its history and process. Module 2 integrates participants’ reflection on teaching and learning... Continue Reading →

    Free

  • Philosophy of Community and Technical College Education

    Philosophy of Community and Technical College Education (Fall 2025)

    Registration June 1 - Dec. 15 Course opens Aug. 1 You may register for this course at anytime within the registration dates listed below. Course Terms The following table illustrates course term and registration dates. They will occur the same dates each year. You may register for this course at anytime within the registration dates... Continue Reading →

    Free

  • NED: Accessibility

    Accessible Course Documents (Spring 2026)

    January 19 - February 8, 2026 Short Course Description  This three-week short course provides faculty and staff an 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, participants... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED: Foundations

    Co-curricular Assessment (Spring 2026)

    January 26 - February 15, 2026 Short Course Description  Co-curricular assessment of student learning continues to be a hot topic in the higher education assessment and accreditation landscape. This 3-week course will provide participants with strategies and resources for implementing and strengthening co-curricular assessment in departments and functional areas with a unit-level focus. The course... Continue Reading →

    Free

  • NED: Foundations

    Empathy by Design (Spring 2026)

    February 2 - 22, 2026 Short Course Description  This course is intended for Minnesota State faculty who are either teaching or planning to teach an online or hybrid course and are interested applying evidence-based strategies for humanizing the learning experience through effective facilitation and course design. The course is online and asynchronous. Although there are... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED: Academic Equity

    Equity and Advising (Spring 2026)

    February 16 - March 8, 2026 Short Course Description This asynchronous 3-week course is offered for the purpose of providing both academic and faculty advisors with the information and resources necessary to increase equity and inclusion in their work. Participants will engage in a series of activities including, but not limited to discussion, case study... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED: Accessibility

    Accessible Digital Media (Spring 2026)

    February 16 - March 8, 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 →

    Free

  • NED: Academic Technologies

    Teaching with Video Technologies (Spring 2026)

    March 30 - April 19, 2026 Short Course Description  This course will help you design instructional videos that support student learning. Using technology tools available to everyone in Minnesota State, you will create short, engaging, and accessible videos that build instructor presence and invite active learning. You will learn to align your video design with... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

    Classroom Inquiry and IRB (Spring 2026)

    March 30 - April 19, 2026 Short Course Description Participants will review Scholarship of Teaching (SoTL) premises to generate an inquiry question and a study outline grounded by consideration of equity and ethics. In doing so, participants will review what counts as valid and reliable data and two major approaches to make sense of different... Continue Reading →

    Free

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